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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 Heritage Hills (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 Heritage Hills. 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.

Newspapers Published in Heritage Hills ...

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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heritage Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heritage Hills, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heritage Hills.

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 Heritage Hills:

Cemeteries Near Heritage Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heritage Hills.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Beulah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
  • Prebble Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prebble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prebble Cemetery
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
  • Leftwich Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2729100 <3>
  • Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery
  • Ft. Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Hill Memorial Park
  • Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilliam Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilliam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilliam Cemetery
  • Candler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Candler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Candler Cemetery
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (208 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.<5>

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

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

  • Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bedford Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedford Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
    • Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
  • Lawyers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawyers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
    • Lawyers is located in Campbell County
  • Coffee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
    • Coffee is located in Bedford County
  • Boonsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
    • Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Bellevue is located in Bedford County
  • Yellow Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
    • Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
  • Bocock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bocock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
    • Bocock is located in Campbell County
  • Perrowville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrowville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrowville
    • Perrowville is located in Bedford County
  • Goode
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Evington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evington
    • Evington is located in Campbell County
  • Rustburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Abert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
      • Abert is located in Bedford County
    • Cifax
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cifax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
      • Cifax is located in Bedford County
    • Coleman Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
      • Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heritage Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heritage Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3532, Longitude: -79.2486       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Heritage Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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