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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 Greenland Hills (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 Greenland Hills. 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.

Cemeteries Near Greenland Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenland Hills.

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 Greenland Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • James E Day Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hackett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Evergreen Burial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Muse Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellvue Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Bridge Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Miller Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Campbells Burial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located in Roanoke.
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairview Cemetery
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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    • Williams Memorial Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ferguson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Woods Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>

While we didn't find Greenland Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenland Hills.

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

  • Cave Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Roanoke
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Poages Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Poages Mill is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poages Mill
  • Leslie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Leslie is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Vinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Naff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Naff is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naff
  • Hollins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Airpoint
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Airpoint is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airpoint
  • Bent Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Boones Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bonsack
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonsack is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonsack
  • Coyner Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Coyner Springs is located in Botetourt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyner Springs
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    • Cloverdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyatt ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wyatt is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
    • Hardy Ford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford

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

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 Greenland Hills:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Greenland Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.