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 Highland Park (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 Highland Park. 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 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.
Highland Park is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Highland Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Park:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Highland Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Dublin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Newbern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wurno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Fairlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Parrott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Hilton Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Snowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Pulaski
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mack Creek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Draper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Round Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Bland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rocky Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bastian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hicksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Sylvatus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Dugspur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shorts Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sheep Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pike City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Captain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Huffman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Simmonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Indian Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Sowers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Terrys Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Floyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Poff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Simpsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Haycock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Pizarro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Goodwins Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Eggleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thessalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Pembroke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pearisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Newport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Narrows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shumate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Mountain Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Rich Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Lyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Childress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Prices Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Riner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Merrimac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Christiansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Farm Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Raintree Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Rogers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Blacksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McBryde Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Houchins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Patrick County
- Meadows of Dan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- New Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Radford Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Simpkins Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Bent Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wabun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Locust Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Chiswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Austinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Ivanhoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wytheville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Willowton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Oakvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- East River ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Elgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Blake ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Edison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Johnston Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Peterstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Assurance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Ballard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Wikel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Summers County (WV)
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland Park, see our County-by-County Page for Highland Park.
Cemeteries Near Highland Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Park.
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 Highland Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Highland Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Dublin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dublin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newbern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Anderson - Vickers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Emmanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Hickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thornsprings Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Byrd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Highland Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Dublin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Newbern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belspring is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belspring
- East Radford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Radford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Radford
- Churchwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Churchwood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchwood
- Poplar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Pulaski
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Staffordsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Staffordsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordsville
- Snowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Wabash ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dry Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Trigg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Draper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Park.
Newspapers Published in Highland Park ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Park, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Highland Park:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Craig County
- Floyd County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Radford City
- Roanoke County
- Wythe County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Summers 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 Highland Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |