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 Fourway (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 Fourway. 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.
Fourway is located in Rappahannock 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 Rappahannock County: Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Page & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Fourway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourway:
- Rappahannock County (The home county of Fourway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Rediviva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chester Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Amissville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- White Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berrys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Millwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Homeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Eggbornsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Griffinsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Rixeyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Jeffersonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Culpeper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Elkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Orlean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Markham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Delaplane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kerfoot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kerfoot is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerfoot
- Belvoir ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belvoir is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvoir
- Warrenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Opal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Opal is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Frytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Frytown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Armel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Stephens City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Echo Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Fawcett Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Mountain Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Day - Mar Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Chambersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Greene County
- Kinderhook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Loudoun County
- Welbourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welbourne is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welbourne
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Peola Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tryme
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Ruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aroda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Rileyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kimball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Plains Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mayland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Elkton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Broadway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Seven Fountains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Dilbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Willow Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maurertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toms Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Strasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Strasburg Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Columbia Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Overall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Royal Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Happy Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Riverton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Waterlick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Applewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Reliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Ashby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ashby is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hardy County (WV)
- Wardensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fourway, see our County-by-County Page for Fourway.
Cemeteries Near Fourway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourway.
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 Fourway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fourway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Rileyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Russell Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Ramey Graveyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cannon Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Munch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old County Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Fourway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fourway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fourway, with the one closest to Fourway listed first.
- Browntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Browntown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Rediviva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Compton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Compton is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Sperryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bentonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rileyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Kimball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Flint Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Seven Fountains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carmel is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Luray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fourway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fourway.
Newspapers Published in Fourway ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourway, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fourway.
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 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 Fourway:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rappahannock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Loudoun County
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fourway) 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 Fourway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |