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 Hopkins (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 Hopkins. 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 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.
Hopkins is located in Accomack 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 Accomack County: Somerset (MD), Lancaster, Middlesex, Northampton & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Hopkins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopkins:
- Accomack County (The home county of Hopkins)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Parksley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Hopeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopeton is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
- Greenbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Gargatha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gargatha is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargatha
- Metompkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Metompkin is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metompkin
- Bloxom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tasley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Accomac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Accomac is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accomac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
- Onancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nelsonia is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonia
- Onley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Modest Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Exmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wardtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wardtown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
- Pleasant Cove Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
- Jamesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Nassawadox
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marionville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
- Birdsnest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sheps End
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sheps End is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheps End
- Bridgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Machipongo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Lawsonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
- Tulls Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
- Crisfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daugherty Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
- Annemessix Towne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Annemessix Towne is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annemessix Towne
- Rehobeth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Costen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Costen is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costen
- Fairmount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Tylerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manokin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Manokin is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manokin
- Ewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Pocomoke City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pocomoke City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,095 people
- Former names for Pocomoke City:
- New Town
- Stevens Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocomoke City <1>
- Stockton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Girdletree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Girdletree is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdletree
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopkins, see our County-by-County Page for Hopkins.
Cemeteries Near Hopkins ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopkins.
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 Hopkins - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopkins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edge Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Onancock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Onancock.
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Joynes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloxom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wessells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin/Hatton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin/Hatton
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Martin/Hatton is located outside and to the west of Melfa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258639 <2>
- Major Doughty Gravesite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- McLane Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pungoteague Community Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hopkins had a population of 7 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopkins, with the one closest to Hopkins listed first.
- Lee Mont
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lee Mont is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mont
- Justisville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Justisville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justisville
- Parksley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hopeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopeton is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
- Guilford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Chesconessex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chesconessex is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesconessex
- Pastoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pastoria is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Onancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tasley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Metompkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Metompkin is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metompkin
- Gargatha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gargatha is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargatha
- Bloxom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Onley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nelsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nelsonia is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonia
- Mearsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mearsville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mearsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopkins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopkins.
Newspapers Published in Hopkins ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopkins.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopkins, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopkins.
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 helpful 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 Hopkins:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Accomack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Northampton County
- Somerset County
- Worcester 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 Hopkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Hopkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |