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 Holmhead (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 Holmhead. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Holmhead is located in Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County: Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Goochland & Louisa.
Below are the counties that are near Holmhead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holmhead:
- Fluvanna County (The home county of Holmhead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fork Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weber City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kents Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Antioch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lake Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Nicholas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Woodridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Scottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Keswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shadwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Simeon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Keene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Cobham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Porters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Esmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Lodore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Masons Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gravel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Centenary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Dillwyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Axtell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Buckingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Manteo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tabscott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Enon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hadensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maidens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Oilville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Vontay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Montpelier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Casco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Tylers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Bells Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Vigor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Medlock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Shelfar
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Gays ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Trevilians
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Cuckoo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Louisa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Green Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Pendleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Schuyler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Warminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Faber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Gordonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barboursville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Beaumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Belona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Huguenot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Spotsylvania County
- Holladay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holmhead, see our County-by-County Page for Holmhead.
Cemeteries Near Holmhead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holmhead.
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 Holmhead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holmhead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- O'Brien Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Proffitt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bettie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cartersville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Bowles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Holmhead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holmhead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holmhead, with the one closest to Holmhead listed first.
- Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fork Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stage Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stage Junction is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Junction
- Carysbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carysbrook is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysbrook
- Cremona ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cremona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cremona
- Boswell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell
- Wilmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wilmington is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Bremo Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Gilliamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilliamsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliamsville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Elk Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Hill is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hill
- Bridgeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Fife
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holmhead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmhead.
Newspapers Published in Holmhead ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmhead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holmhead, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holmhead.
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 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 Holmhead:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Fluvanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Spotsylvania 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> | 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 Holmhead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holmhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |