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 Hickory Flat (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 Hickory Flat. 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.
Name Variations for Hickory Flat ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hickory Flat: Hickory Flt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hickory Flat. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Flat.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Hickory Flat is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski, Surry & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Flat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Flat:
- Carroll County (The home county of Hickory Flat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pipers Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Sheep Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Shorts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Drenn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Hillsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lambsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sylvatus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Cana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Bland County
- Bland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Indian Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Galax City
- Galax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Fries
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Low Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Independence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Trout Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rugby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Meadows of Dan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Draper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Wurno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Newbern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Atkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Siloam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Speedwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rowe Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Fort Chiswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Kent
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Locust Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crockett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Retreat
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hooker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
- Amelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Roaring Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Piney Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Scottville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Weavers Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Grassy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crumpler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Transou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Low Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Devotion
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Red Brush
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Toast
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Mountain Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Thurmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Airy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Dobson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Sheltontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Wilkes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Traphill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Abshers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Lomax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Dehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- McGrady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Flat, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Flat.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Flat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Flat.
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 Hickory Flat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Flat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Blair Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Isom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McKenzie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Leonard Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Felts Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nuckolls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Galax City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (641 more) ...
- Painter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monta Vista Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gladeville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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 Hickory Flat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Flat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Flat, with the one closest to Hickory Flat listed first.
- Wolf Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Grayson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grayson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Stevens Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Creek
- Pipers Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carsonville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Ivanhoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Peach Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Ennice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Drenn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shorts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fallville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Flat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Flat.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Flat ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Flat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Flat, 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 Hickory Flat.
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 Hickory Flat:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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 Hickory Flat, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Flat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |