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 Hiwassee (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 Hiwassee. 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 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.
Hiwassee 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 Hiwassee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiwassee:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Hiwassee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Mack Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Draper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wurno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newbern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Dublin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Snowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Fairlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Parrott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Bland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bastian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Round Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Rocky Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Sylvatus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Dugspur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Hillsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sheep Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Woodlawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Fancy Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gladesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Pike City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Indian Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Sowers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Floyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Haycock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Terrys Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Pizarro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Simpsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Galax City
- Galax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Goodwins Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Eggleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pearisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pembroke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bluff City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Narrows
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shumate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Mountain Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Glen Lyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Fries
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Elk Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Childress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Riner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Pilot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Christiansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prices Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Old Farm Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Raintree Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Merrimac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Houchins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Blacksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Meadows of Dan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woolwine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Charity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Mill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Locust Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Fort Chiswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Max Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Austinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Ivanhoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Speedwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- Edmonds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Willowton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Oakvale
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Blake ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Monroe County (WV)
- Peterstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiwassee, see our County-by-County Page for Hiwassee.
Cemeteries Near Hiwassee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiwassee.
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 Hiwassee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiwassee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Hurst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cecil Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoades Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Simpkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery - Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James L. Marshall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James L. Marshall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the James L. Marshall Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the north of Hillsville.
- The James L. Marshall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marshall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236571 <3>
- Dry Pond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Byrd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (554 more) ...
- Hurst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oglesby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bertha Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Hiwassee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiwassee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiwassee, with the one closest to Hiwassee listed first.
- Allisonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allisonia is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisonia
- Draper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kayoulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kayoulah is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayoulah
- Barren Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bertha is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Newbern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvatus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Grahams Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Fosters Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fosters Falls is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Falls
- Indian Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dublin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shorts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiwassee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiwassee.
Newspapers Published in Hiwassee ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiwassee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiwassee, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiwassee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hiwassee:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Giles County
- Grayson County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Radford City
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiwassee) 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 Hiwassee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |