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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 Heards (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 Heards. 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 doctors and 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.

Heards is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.

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

  • Albemarle County     (The home county of Heards)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Covesville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Batesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Garden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Alberene
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Alberene is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
    • Yancey Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
    • Crozet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Foothill Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
    • Esmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Esmont is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
    • Porters
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Porters is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Keene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ivy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • White Hall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • White Hall is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Ednam Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ednam Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednam Village
  • Amherst County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Lowesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Glasgow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
    • Monitor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Monitor is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
    • Sandidges
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandidges is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
    • Alto
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Alto is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Amherst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Walkers Ford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
    • Forks of Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
    • Sweet Briar Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
  • Appomattox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Bent Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
    • Beckham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Beckham is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Sherando
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Sherando is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
    • Lyndhurst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lipscomb
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
    • Dooms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
    • Crimora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Fishersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stuarts Draft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sampson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Brand
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Brand is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
    • Jolivue
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jolivue is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
    • Greenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Verona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Grottoes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Buckingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Manteo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Manteo is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Axtell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Axtell is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
    • Centenary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Centenary is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
    • Glenmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Mount Vinco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
    • Alcoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
    • Arvonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Buckingham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Gold Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Toga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Toga is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
    • Dillwyn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Belmont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlottesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Fluvanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Antioch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Nicholas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
    • Lake Monticello
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
    • Fork Union
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Weber City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Amicus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Quinque
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Greenfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Durrett Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
    • Adial
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Adial is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
    • Lodebar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
    • Onan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Onan is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
    • Faber
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Nellysford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rockfish
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Old Myndus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
    • Afton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Schuyler
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bryant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryant is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Shipman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Shipman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
  • Orange County
  • Rockbridge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Davis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Davis is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Marlbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Brownsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heards, with the one closest to Heards listed first.
    • Goods Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Cross Keys
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Montevideo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
  • Staunton City
    • Staunton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Waynesboro City
    • Waynesboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Heards ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heards.

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

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

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

  • Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Greenfield and Batesville.  The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Batesville.
    • The Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50674 <4>
  • Gibson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gibson Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Covesville.
  • Hunt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Cemetery
    • The Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • Adial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rock Spring Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Shiloh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rising Sun Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (261 more) ...
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ridgecrest Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Covesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
  • Greenfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Batesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lodebar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
  • Nellysford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Faber
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • North Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Avon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Avon is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Onan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Onan is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
  • Alberene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alberene is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
  • Damon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Damon is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Yancey Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Heards ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heards.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heards, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heards.

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 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 Heards:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Greenfield and Batesville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Heards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Heards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.