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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 Hardware (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 Hardware. 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 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.

Hardware is located in Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County: Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Goochland & Louisa.

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

  • Fluvanna County     (The home county of Hardware)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Nicholas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
    • Weber City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fork Union
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Antioch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Columbia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lake Monticello
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
    • Kents Store
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Scottsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Warren
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Warren is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Woodridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
    • Keene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Porters
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Porters is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Esmont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Esmont is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
    • Alberene
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Alberene is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
    • Rose Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Simeon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Simeon is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
    • Shadwell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
    • North Garden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Amelia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Lodore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lodore is located in Amelia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
    • Paineville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Paineville is located in Amelia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
    • Rodophil
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rodophil is located in Amelia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
  • Appomattox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Bent Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
    • Hurtsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
  • Buckingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Arvonia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Centenary
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Centenary is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
    • Gold Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gravel Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
    • Glenmore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Axtell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Axtell is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
    • Dillwyn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Manteo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Manteo is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Buckingham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Vinco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Belmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlottesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Trenton Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
    • Lakeside Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Trents Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
    • Cumberland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Clinton is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Guinea Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
    • Cotton Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Goochland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Caledonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Caledonia is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Fife
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tabscott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tabscott is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
    • Enon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Enon is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
    • Hadensville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Hook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
    • Goochland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Maidens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Bells Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
    • Medlock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
    • Vigor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vigor is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
    • Trevilians
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
    • Green Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
    • Shelfar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Shelfar is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
    • Louisa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meltons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Schuyler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Warminster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Warminster is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
    • Faber
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rockfish
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Norwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Norwood is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Shipman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Shipman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
    • Adial
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Adial is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
    • Old Myndus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
    • Greenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Lodebar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
    • Buffalo Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
    • Arrington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Gordonsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Barboursville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Powhatan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Belona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Belona is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
    • Beaumont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Michaux
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Michaux is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
  • Prince Edward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardware, with the one closest to Hardware listed first.
    • Farmville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Tuggle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle

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

Cemeteries Near Hardware ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardware.

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

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

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

  • Proffitt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bettie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
  • Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bowler Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Scottsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Gold Hill.
    • The Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • County Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197478 <2>
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hardware had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Nicholas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
  • Bridgeport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Arvonia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hatton is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Centenary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Centenary is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
  • New Canton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
  • Bremo Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
  • Stony Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Scottsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fork Union
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Antioch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Gold Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Warren
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Warren is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Eldridge Mill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Eldridge Mill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Mill
    • Gilliamsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilliamsville is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliamsville

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

Newspapers Published in Hardware ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardware.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardware, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardware.

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 Hardware:

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 Hardware, 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' (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- Hardware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.