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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Egypt Bend Estates (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Egypt Bend Estates. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Egypt Bend Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Egypt Bend Estates: Egypt Bnd. Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Egypt Bend Estates is located in Page County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Egypt Bend Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Egypt Bend Estates:
- Page County (The home county of Egypt Bend Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Luray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Kimball
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Marksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rileyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Cedarmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Eggbornsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Homeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Waylands Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Rixeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Orlean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Mountain Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Kinderhook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Dawsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Peola Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tryme
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Sperryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rediviva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Slate Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Chester Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Amissville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Plains Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Lacey Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Broadway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Cootes Store
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Turleytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Linville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Cherry Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Mount Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Willow Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Mount Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Calvary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Columbia Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Dilbeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Overall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Front Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Viscose City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Waterlick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Riverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Reliance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Mathias
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wardensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Baker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Egypt Bend Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Egypt Bend Estates.
Cemeteries Near Egypt Bend Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Egypt Bend Estates.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Egypt Bend Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Egypt Bend Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Old County Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Longs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <3>
- St. Luke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valley Central Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Egypt Bend Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Egypt Bend Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Egypt Bend Estates, with the one closest to Egypt Bend Estates listed first.
- Luray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Stony Man
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Kimball
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Alma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Ida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Rileyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkinstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkinstown is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinstown
- Mount Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Quicksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Egypt Bend Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Egypt Bend Estates.
Newspapers Published in Egypt Bend Estates ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Egypt Bend Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Egypt Bend Estates, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Egypt Bend Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Egypt Bend Estates:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Hardy County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Egypt Bend Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Egypt Bend Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |