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 Hawkinstown (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 Hawkinstown. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Hawkinstown is located in Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County: Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Warren & Hardy (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Hawkinstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawkinstown:
- Shenandoah County (The home county of Hawkinstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Mount Jackson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rinkerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Columbia Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orkney Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Tulip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Fawcett Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Lehew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Stephens City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Kinderhook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Syria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Ruth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Leaksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rileyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kimball
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Shenandoah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Verbena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Rediviva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Slate Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Plains Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Cootes Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Mayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Daphna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Fulks Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Lacey Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Turleytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Cherry Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Criders
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Overall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Limeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Waterlick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Front Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Viscose City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Reliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Riverton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Applewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Dorcas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seemly is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Mathias
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Wardensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Inkerman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Fort Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Durgon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Moorefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawkinstown, see our County-by-County Page for Hawkinstown.
Cemeteries Near Hawkinstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawkinstown.
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 Hawkinstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawkinstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Our Soldiers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Forge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valley Central Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woods Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Wakemans Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Clifton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hawkinstown had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawkinstown, with the one closest to Hawkinstown listed first.
- Mount Jackson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Rinkerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Quicksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Forestville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Columbia Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Market Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Market Station is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Station
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Luke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Luke is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Luke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawkinstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawkinstown.
Newspapers Published in Hawkinstown ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawkinstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawkinstown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawkinstown.
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 either 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 Hawkinstown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Shenandoah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Warren County
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy 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> | 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 Hawkinstown, 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- Hawkinstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |