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 Grimsleyville (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 Grimsleyville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Grimsleyville is located in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County: Pike (KY), Dickenson, Russell, Tazewell, McDowell (WV) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Grimsleyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grimsleyville:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Grimsleyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Mavisdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Rowe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
- Janey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Height
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Bearwallow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Matney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Jackson Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Council
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Vansant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leemaster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Dickenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Bucu
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Carrie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Aily
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Haysi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tarpon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Clinchco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Omaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Herald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Clintwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Dye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Russell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Honaker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barnett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Elk Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Artrip
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Jessees Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Carterton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Cardwell Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Allison Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Broadford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Saltville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ellendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Chilhowie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Red Ash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Raven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Richlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harman is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Steeleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Claypool Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claypool Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Hill
- Paintlick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
- Pounding Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunford Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village
- Sayersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sayersville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
- Maxwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Clinchburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Lindell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Brumley Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brumley Gap is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley Gap
- Glenford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford
- Fleet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glade Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lowland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lowland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Holston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Holston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston
- Greendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greendale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Wise County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Pike County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Paw Paw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Fedscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek
- Mouthcard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Elkhorn City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Coleman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Lick Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lick Creek is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Stopover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stopover is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Calloway Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch
- Majestic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Majestic is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Phelps
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belcher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belcher is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Height
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Height is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peapatch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Jackson Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Bradshaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- War
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Yukon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Newhall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Avondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Bishop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Union City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Iaeger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Wharncliffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Baisden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Woosley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Stoneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grimsleyville, see our County-by-County Page for Grimsleyville.
Cemeteries Near Grimsleyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grimsleyville.
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 Grimsleyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grimsleyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Hurt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hurt Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Raven.
- The Hurt Cemetery has also been known as:
- John Garland Hurt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2436889 <3>
- Boyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Compton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (847 more) ...
- Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Company Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Grimsleyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grimsleyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grimsleyville, with the one closest to Grimsleyville listed first.
- Shack Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shack Mills is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shack Mills
- Doran
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Swords Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Steeleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Harman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harman is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Bearwallow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Honaker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pounding Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Davenport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belfast
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Gillespie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gillespie is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillespie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grimsleyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grimsleyville.
Newspapers Published in Grimsleyville ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grimsleyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grimsleyville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grimsleyville.
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 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 Grimsleyville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dickenson County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Washington County
- Wise County
- Pike County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wyoming 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grimsleyville) 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 Grimsleyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |