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 Fallville (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 Fallville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Fallville is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Alleghany (NC), Ashe (NC), Surry (NC), Johnson (TN), Carroll, Smyth, Washington & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Fallville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fallville:
- Grayson County (The home county of Fallville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Elk Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fries
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Bridle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Low Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rugby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Whitetop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Bland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bastian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Hicksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sheep Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shorts Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Pipers Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Hillsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Lambsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dugspur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Galax City
- Galax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Draper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Hilton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Wurno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Atkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Adwolf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Ellendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Seven Mile Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Little Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Asberrys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Speedwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rowe Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Ivanhoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rural Retreat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Max Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Ennice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Edmonds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
- Piney Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Topia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Scottville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roaring Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Grassy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Helton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Sturgills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Transou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Brandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Orion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orion is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Apple Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Comet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Low Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Round Peak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Thurmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Red Brush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Zephyr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Wilkes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Abshers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Traphill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McGrady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Dehart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fallville, see our County-by-County Page for Fallville.
Cemeteries Near Fallville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fallville.
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 Fallville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fallville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summerfield UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hale Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- William Cornett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Benjamin Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Speedwell Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fries Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (657 more) ...
- Smith - Byrd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stoneman Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edwards Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fallville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fallville, with the one closest to Fallville listed first.
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Elk Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carsonville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Stevens Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stevens Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Creek
- Cripple Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cripple Creek is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Speedwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Comers Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Comers Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comers Rock
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grayson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ivanhoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grubb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grubb is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
- Peach Bottom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Wolf Glade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fallville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fallville.
Newspapers Published in Fallville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fallville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fallville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fallville.
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 Fallville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Pulaski County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fallville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fallville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |