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 Flordon (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 Flordon. 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 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 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.
Flordon is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Flordon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flordon:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Flordon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Ednam Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ednam Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednam Village
- Barracks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barracks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
- Huntington Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Huntington Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Village
- University Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- University Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Ivy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Commonwealth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Commonwealth is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Logan Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Decca ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Free Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eastham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Crozet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Dooms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Crimora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Grottoes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lyndhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fishersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Sherando
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Brand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Weyers Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stuarts Draft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Verona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jolivue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Axtell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Centenary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Glenmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Bridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- New Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Charlottesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Fork Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weber City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Columbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Tabscott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Amicus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Stanardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Kinderhook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Medlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Meltons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Bells Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Trevilians
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Louisa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Hood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolftown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Burnt Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Ruth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Durrett Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Afton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Onan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Faber
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Adial
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Lodebar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Schuyler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nellysford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Old Myndus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Warminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Shipman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Barboursville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montpelier Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Verbena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Swift Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- McGaheysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Goods Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Montevideo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Massanutten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cross Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keezletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- North River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Mount Crawford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flordon, see our County-by-County Page for Flordon.
Cemeteries Near Flordon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flordon.
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 Flordon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flordon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- University Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52030 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ivy Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barksdale Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Monticello Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Munday Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Flordon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flordon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flordon, with the one closest to Flordon listed first.
- Ivy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hydraulic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Millington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Millington is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Free Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Simeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Eastham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Rivanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Crozet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Overton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Overton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Proffit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Earlysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Doylesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Doylesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
- Batesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flordon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flordon.
Newspapers Published in Flordon ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flordon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flordon, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flordon.
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 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 Flordon:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- 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 Flordon, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flordon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |