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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 Hacksneck (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 Hacksneck. 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 hospitals 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.

Hacksneck is located in Accomack 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 Accomack County: Somerset (MD), Lancaster, Middlesex, Northampton & Northumberland.

Below are the counties that are near Hacksneck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hacksneck:

  • Accomack County     (The home county of Hacksneck)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Crockett Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Crockett Town is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Town
    • Keller
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Belle Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Painter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Melfa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cats Bridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cats Bridge is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Bridge
    • Savage Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Savage Town is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Town
    • Onancock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Mount
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Locust Mount is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
    • Onley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Locustville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Wachapreague
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Tasley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Westland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Westland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
    • Ocran
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ocran is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
    • Kilmarnock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • White Stone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Irvington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Lankford Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
  • Mathews County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Diggs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Onemo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Onemo is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onemo
    • Mathews
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaverlett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaverlett is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverlett
    • Peary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Peary is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peary
    • Ruff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruff is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff
    • New Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Susan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Susan is located in Mathews County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Stingray Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
    • Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
    • Amburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Amburg is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
    • Wilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Wilton is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Exmore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Exmore is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exmore <1>
    • Wardtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Wardtown is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
    • Pleasant Cove Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
    • Jamesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jamesville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
    • Nassawadox
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bridgetown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Marionville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Marionville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
    • Birdsnest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sheps End
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Sheps End is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheps End
    • Machipongo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Eastville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cheriton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cherrystone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cherrystone is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrystone
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Fleeton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
    • Reedville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynhams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
    • Sunnybank
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
    • Remo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Remo is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
    • Ophelia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackwells
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
  • Somerset County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hacksneck, with the one closest to Hacksneck listed first.
    • Lawsonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
    • Crisfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Daugherty Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
    • Tylerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Smith Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Smith Island is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
    • Rhodes Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
    • Ewell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tulls Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
    • Annemessix Towne ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Annemessix Towne is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annemessix Towne
    • Rehobeth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Frenchtown - Rumbly
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
    • Kingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hacksneck, see our County-by-County Page for Hacksneck.

Cemeteries Near Hacksneck ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hacksneck.

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 Hacksneck - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Hacksneck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hacksneck.

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

  • Nandua
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Nandua is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nandua
  • Pungoteague
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Craddockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Craddockville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craddockville
  • Keller
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cashville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cashville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashville
  • Davis Wharf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Davis Wharf is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Wharf
  • Belle Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Painter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Savageville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Savageville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
  • Wardtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Wardtown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
  • Exmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Exmore is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exmore <1>
  • Mappsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mappsburg is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mappsburg
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Trower
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Trower is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trower
    • Melfa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hadlock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Hadlock is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadlock

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

Newspapers Published in Hacksneck ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hacksneck.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hacksneck, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hacksneck.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hacksneck:

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 Hacksneck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hacksneck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.