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 Hilldale (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 Hilldale. 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 and doctors 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.
Hilldale is located in Page 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 Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Hilldale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hilldale:
- Page County (The home county of Hilldale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Luray
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kimball
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- Cedarmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Eggbornsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Homeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Rixeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Waylands Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Culpeper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffersonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Orlean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Markham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Stephens City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Kinderhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Dawsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Peola Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Tryme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Hood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Sperryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rediviva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Chester Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Amissville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Plains Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Mayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Timberville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Elkton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Swift Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Cootes Store
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Berrytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Tunis
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Edinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seven Fountains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Willow Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Rinkerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Dilbeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Mount Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Columbia Furnace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Maurertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Overall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Front Royal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Waterlick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Royal Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Reliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Mathias
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wardensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hilldale, see our County-by-County Page for Hilldale.
Cemeteries Near Hilldale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilldale.
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 Hilldale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hilldale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <3>
- Old County Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Furnace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Longs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rileyville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hilldale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hilldale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hilldale, with the one closest to Hilldale listed first.
- Luray
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stony Man
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Kimball
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Ida
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Marksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Compton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Honeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Nethers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sperryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carmel is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Ingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hilldale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hilldale.
Newspapers Published in Hilldale ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilldale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilldale, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilldale.
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 Hilldale:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hilldale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hilldale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |