Our Genealogy Helper
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 Etlan (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 Etlan. 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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Etlan is located in Madison 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 Madison County : Culpeper , Greene , Orange , Page & Rappahannock .
Below are the counties that are near Etlan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Etlan:
Madison County (The home county of Etlan)
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Peola Mills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Peola Mills is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills Syria (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Tryme (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Tryme is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme Ruth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Ruth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth Madison (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wolftown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Aroda (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Aroda is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda Hood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Radiant (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Radiant is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant Burnt Tree (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Burnt Tree is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree Madison Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Madison Mills is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills Albemarle County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Advance Mills Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village Burnley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Burnley is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley Advance Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Advance Mills has also been known as:
Fray's Mills Cedarmere (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere Gilbert (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gilbert is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Boonesville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Boonesville is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville Jefferson Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village Rosena (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Rosena is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena Earlysville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hollymead (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Hollymead is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead Free Union (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Culpeper County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Griffinsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg Salem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Salem is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Norman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Norman is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Eggbornsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville Waylands Mill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill Homeland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Homeland is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Culpeper (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rixeyville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville Jeffersonton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton Elkwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lignum (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lignum is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum Kellys Ford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford Fauquier County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Orlean (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Waterloo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Waterloo is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Turnbull (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Turnbull is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull Remington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Opal (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Opal is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal Bealeton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Petersburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Petersburg is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Ada (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ada is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Warrenton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Midland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Frytown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Frytown is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown Markham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Kinderhook (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Kinderhook is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook Dawsonville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Dawsonville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville Stanardsville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Quinque (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Quinque is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque Amicus (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Amicus is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus Cedarmere ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cedarmere is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere Louisa County
Meltons (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Meltons is located in Louisa County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons Orange County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Montpelier Station (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Orange (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
True Blue (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
True Blue is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue Madison Run (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Madison Run is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run Grassland (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Grassland is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Barboursville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Burr Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Burr Hill is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill Rhoadesville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Gordonsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Indian Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Indian Town is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town Vulcan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Vulcan is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan Locust Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Page County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Marksville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Marksville is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville Kimball (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Kimball is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Stanley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Luray (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Leaksville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Leaksville is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville Rileyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Shenandoah (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Verbena (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Verbena is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena Rappahannock County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Slate Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills Scrabble (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble Woodville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodville is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Sperryville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Rediviva (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva Washington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Amissville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Chester Gap (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap Reager (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Reager is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager Rockingham County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Elkton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Swift Run (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Swift Run is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run Berrytown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Berrytown is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown Massanutten (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Plains Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill McGaheysville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lacey Spring (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring Mayland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mayland is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland Timberville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Broadway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Daphna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Daphna is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna Melrose (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Melrose is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Shenandoah County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
New Market (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Seven Fountains (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains Mount Jackson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Dilbeck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck Edinburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Willow Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove Rinkerton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton Woodstock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Calvary (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Calvary is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Maurertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mount Clifton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton Toms Brook (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Overall (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Overall is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall Bentonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Limeton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Limeton is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton Front Royal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Happy Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Happy Creek is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek Viscose City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Viscose City is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City Applewood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Applewood is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Royal Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Royal Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village Riverton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Riverton is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Waterlick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Waterlick is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Etlan, see our County-by-County Page for Etlan .
Cemeteries Near Etlan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Etlan.
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 Etlan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Etlan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Etlan Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Brown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery The Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
Criglersville Cemetery Shiloh Cemetery Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Berry Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Second Robertson Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Beethsaida UMC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beethsaida UMC Cemetery The Beethsaida UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
Bethsaida Cemetery Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Salem . The Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Canaan Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49676 <2>
Robinson River Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Bethel Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Jarrell Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (284 more) ...
Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Gordon Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Cedar Hill Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Etlan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Etlan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Etlan, with the one closest to Etlan listed first.
Peola Mills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Peola Mills is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills Nethers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Nethers is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers Haywood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Haywood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood Slate Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills Criglersville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Criglersville is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville Hawlin (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin Boston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Woodville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodville is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Graves Mill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Leon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Sperryville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ida (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Ida is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Continue List (15 more) ...
Clarkson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Clarkson is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Norman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Norman is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Castleton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Etlan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Etlan .
Newspapers Published in Etlan ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Etlan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Etlan, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Etlan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Etlan:
Websites specific to Virginia Pages specific to Madison County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Albemarle County Culpeper County Fauquier County Greene County Louisa County Orange County Page County Rappahannock County Rockingham County Shenandoah County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Etlan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Etlan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Etlan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.