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 Fox Downs (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 Fox Downs. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Fox Downs is located in Goochland 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 Goochland County: Cumberland, Fluvanna, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa & Powhatan.
Below are the counties that are near Fox Downs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fox Downs:
- Goochland County (The home county of Fox Downs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Oilville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thorncliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Goochland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maidens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Enon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hadensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fife
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Tabscott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Masons Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Lodore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Amelia Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Buckingham County
- New Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Burruss Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burruss Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burruss Corner
- Ruther Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Penola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Penola is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penola
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Midlothian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robious
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Bon Air
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otterdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Chesterfield Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Village
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Winterpock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Ampt Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ampt Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampt Hill
- Bensley Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Bensley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bensley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley
- Drewrys Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Lakeside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trents Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kents Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Fork Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weber City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Vontay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hylas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
- Casco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Goodall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gwathmey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gwathmey is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwathmey
- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beaverdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tylers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Hewlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hewlett is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
- Taylorsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Short Pump
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyndham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyndham is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyndham
- Tuckahoe Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
- Lorraine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Laurel Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Laurel Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Village
- Tuckahoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hunton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hunton is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunton
- Laurel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Laurel is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Quail Walk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Quail Walk is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Walk
- Dumbarton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dumbarton is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumbarton
- Lakeside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- King William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Tuck Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tuck Fork is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Willowbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Shelfar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Gays ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Bumpass
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bumpass is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
- Bumpass has also been known as:
- Bumpas
- Bumpass Junction
- Bumpass Station
- Bumpass Turnout
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <1>
- Cuckoo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Vigor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Pendleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Mineral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harris ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bells Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Michaux
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Beaumont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Huguenot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Dorset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Belona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Pilkinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Chippenham Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Cherry Gardens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Walmsley Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Partlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lewiston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Glenora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Marye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
- Childs Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Holladay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fox Downs, see our County-by-County Page for Fox Downs.
Cemeteries Near Fox Downs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Downs.
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 Fox Downs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fox Downs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Bethel UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Gayton Baptist Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gayton Baptist Church
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Gayton Baptist Church is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest of Richmond.
- The North Gayton Baptist Church has also been known as:
- North Gayton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2178838 <3>
- Shady Grove UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove UMC Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Richmond.
- The Shady Grove UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shady Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #890855 <3>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Subletts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manakin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Huguenot Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Richmond.
- The Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175005 <3>
- The Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottrell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run Baptist Church
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run Baptist Church
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deep Run Baptist Church is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest of Richmond.
- The Deep Run Baptist Church has also been known as:
- Deep Run Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974477 <3>
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 Fox Downs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fox Downs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fox Downs, with the one closest to Fox Downs listed first.
- Oilville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cardwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cardwell is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell
- Johnsons Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Springs is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Springs
- Perkinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
- Thorncliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Dabneys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dabneys is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabneys
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maidens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lee is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Boscobel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Gouldin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gouldin is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouldin
- Fine Creek Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fine Creek Mills is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fine Creek Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Subletts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Subletts is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Subletts
- Manakin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manakin is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manakin
- Cedar Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Downs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Downs.
Newspapers Published in Fox Downs ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Downs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox Downs, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox Downs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Fox Downs:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Goochland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Buckingham County
- Caroline County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- King William County
- Louisa County
- Powhatan County
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Spotsylvania 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Downs) 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 Fox Downs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |