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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Fairview 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 Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Page County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Luray
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kimball
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview 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 Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Eggbornsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Griffinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Homeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Norman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Rixeyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Waylands Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Culpeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffersonton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Orlean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Markham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Kinderhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Dawsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Peola Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Tryme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Hood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Sperryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rediviva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Chester Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Amissville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Plains Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Mayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Timberville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Broadway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Swift Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Daphna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cootes Store
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Berrytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Linville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Massanutten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Edinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seven Fountains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Rinkerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Willow Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Mount Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Dilbeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Columbia Furnace
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Maurertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Toms Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Overall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Waterlick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Front Royal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 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 north)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Ashby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Lost City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mathias
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wardensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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>
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old County Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Longs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rileyville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Stony Man
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Luray
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kimball
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Ida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Leaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Compton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Compton is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Nethers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sperryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carmel is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Ingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, 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 Fairview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Fairview:
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairview) 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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |