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 Fair Hill (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 Fair Hill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fair Hill is located in Henrico 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 Henrico County: Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, New Kent & Richmond.
Below are the counties that are near Fair Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fair Hill:
- Henrico County (The home county of Fair Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Turner Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Fort Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Lee Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Sandston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elko
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Fair Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Currituck Farms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Ammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Masons Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Kimages
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Roxbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Westover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ruthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Meadowville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Bensley Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Ampt Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ampt Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampt Hill
- Bensley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bensley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley
- Beulah Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Drewrys Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Chesterfield Court House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braebrook Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Grant Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Sutherland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Atlee Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Gwathmey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gwathmey is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwathmey
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hylas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylorsville is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Casco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James City County
- Norge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- King and Queen County
- Walkerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerton is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerton
- King William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Manquin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Enfield is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Lanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Rumford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rumford is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
- Romancoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- West Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuck Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tuck Fork is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Tunstall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- New Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plum Point is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Huguenot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Dorset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Garysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Newville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Derby ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Claremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Carsley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Sussex County
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fair Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Fair Hill.
Cemeteries Near Fair Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fair Hill.
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 Fair Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fair Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- First Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Varina.
- The Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fourmile Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179892 <3>
- Bucher and Strachan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bermuda Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Varina Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Harrison National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hardy Central Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Central Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Central Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Varina.
- The Hardy Central Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hardy Central Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221996 <3>
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Perdue Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Fair Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fair Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fair Hill, with the one closest to Fair Hill listed first.
- Meadowville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Cotman ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cotman is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotman
- Varina Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Shirley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Walthall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Drewrys Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Elko
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Seven Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seven Pines is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Fair Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Chesterfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fair Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fair Hill.
Newspapers Published in Fair Hill ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fair Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fair Hill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fair Hill.
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 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 Fair Hill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Henrico County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Hanover County
- Hopewell City
- James City County
- King and Queen County
- King William County
- New Kent County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Surry County
- Sussex 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fair Hill) 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 Fair Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |