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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 Fletcher (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 Fletcher. 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 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 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.

Fletcher is primarily located in Greene County. A portion of Fletcher extends into 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 Greene County: Albemarle, Madison, Orange, Page & Rockingham.

Below are the counties that are near Fletcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fletcher:

  • Greene County     (The home county of Fletcher)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
    • Stanardsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Amicus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Quinque
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Dawsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Cedarmere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Advance Mills Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
    • Advance Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Boonesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Burnley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
    • Earlysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Gilbert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Free Union
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
    • Hollymead
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
    • Logan Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
    • Rosena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Rosena is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Weyers Cave
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Crimora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sampson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Dooms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Belmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlottesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Culpeper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Waylands Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
    • Griffinsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Salem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Norman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Norman is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Culpeper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Eggbornsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Homeland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Homeland is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Rixeyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Meltons
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
    • Green Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
    • Medlock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
    • Trevilians
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Hood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolftown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Syria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Aroda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Radiant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Tryme
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Peola Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
    • Burnt Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
    • Madison Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montpelier Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison Run
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
    • Gordonsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grassland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Grassland is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • True Blue
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • True Blue is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
    • Rhoadesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Vulcan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Vulcan is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Verbena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Marksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Marksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Shenandoah
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Leaksville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Luray
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kimball
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Rileyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Rappahannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Slate Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Scrabble
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Woodville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Sperryville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rediviva
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
    • Washington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Amissville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Swift Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Berrytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
    • Massanutten
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • McGaheysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Montevideo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Lacey Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Goods Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Keezletown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Massanetta Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
    • Melrose
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Cross Keys
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • New Market
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rinkerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
    • 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
    • Edinburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
    • Overall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Overall is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
    • Bentonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fletcher, see our County-by-County Page for Fletcher.

Cemeteries Near Fletcher ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fletcher.

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 Fletcher - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fletcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.

  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Taylor - Fletcher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Shifflett Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lower Pocosin Mission Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sholes Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholes Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sholes Family Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Swift Run.
  • Shiloh Church Of The Brethren Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • South River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Coland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Shelton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (393 more) ...
    • Jarrell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hensley Community Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Community Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hensley Community Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Elkton.
      • The Hensley Community Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hensley UMC Cemetery
    • Lydia Free Pentecostal Church 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fletcher had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.

  • McMullen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • McMullen is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
  • Hood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Graves Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolftown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanardsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jollett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jollett is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
  • Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Furnace is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Swift Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
  • Criglersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Criglersville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
  • Amicus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Amicus is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
  • Pratts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Quinque
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Quinque is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Dawsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Haywood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Haywood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fletcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fletcher.

Newspapers Published in Fletcher ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fletcher.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fletcher, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fletcher.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Fletcher:

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- Fletcher) 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 Fletcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.