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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 Hood (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 Hood. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Hood is located in Madison County.

To see how the shape of Virginia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Culpeper, Greene, Orange, Page & Rappahannock.

Below are the counties that are near Hood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hood:

  • Madison County     (The home county of Hood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Wolftown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ruth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Madison is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <2>
    • Aroda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Syria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Burnt Tree
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tryme
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tryme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tryme
      • From Hood to Tryme
    • Madison Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Peola Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Advance Mills Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Advance Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Burnley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burnley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burnley
      • From Hood to Burnley
    • Cedarmere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarmere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cedarmere
      • From Hood to Cedarmere
    • Earlysville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Gilbert
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gilbert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gilbert
      • From Hood to Gilbert
    • Boonesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Hollymead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollymead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
    • Free Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
      • Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Monacan Town ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monacan Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
      • Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
    • Eastham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eastham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
      • Eastham is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Eastham
      • From Hood to Eastham
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sampson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sampson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sampson
      • From Hood to Sampson
    • Crimora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyers Cave
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dooms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dooms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
  • Charlottesville City
  • Culpeper County
  • Fluvanna County
    • Lake Monticello
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanardsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanardsville
      • Stanardsville is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanardsville <2>
    • Quinque
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dawsonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dawsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dawsonville
      • From Hood to Dawsonville
    • Amicus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amicus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Amicus
      • From Hood to Amicus
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarmere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cedarmere
      • From Hood to Cedarmere
  • Harrisonburg City
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Meltons
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Medlock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Medlock
      • From Hood to Medlock
    • Trevilians
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange County
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • Verbena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verbena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Verbena
      • From Hood to Verbena
    • Shenandoah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
      • Shenandoah is located in Page County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shenandoah <2>
    • Marksville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Stanley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Page County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <2>
    • Leaksville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Luray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kimball
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimball. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kimball
      • From Hood to Kimball
    • Rileyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Rappahannock County
  • Rockingham County
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.
    • New Market
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
      • Mount Jackson is located in Shenandoah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,144 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Jackson <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hood, see our County-by-County Page for Hood.

Cemeteries Near Hood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hood.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hood had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hood, with the one closest to Hood listed first.

  • Wolftown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fletcher
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fletcher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Fletcher is located in Greene County
  • McMullen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMullen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
    • McMullen is located in Greene County
  • Stanardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanardsville
    • Stanardsville is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanardsville <2>
  • Graves Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graves Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Mill
    • Graves Mill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graves Mill <2>
  • Pratts
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Pratts is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pratts <2>
  • Quinque
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Dawsonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dawsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dawsonville
    • From Hood to Dawsonville
  • Rochelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rochelle is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <2>
  • Amicus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amicus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Amicus is located in Greene County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Amicus
    • From Hood to Amicus
  • Ruckersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruckersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
    • Ruckersville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruckersville <2>
  • Criglersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Criglersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
    • Criglersville is located in Madison County
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Haywood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
      • Haywood is located in Madison County
    • Eheart
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eheart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eheart
      • Eheart is located in Orange County
    • Jollett
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jollett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
      • Jollett is located in Page County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hood.

Newspapers Published in Hood ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hood, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hood.

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 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 Hood:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 from Point A (ie- Hood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3536, Longitude: -78.3856    
<5>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.
<6>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 Hood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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