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 Howardsville (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 Howardsville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Howardsville is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Howardsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Howardsville:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Howardsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Porters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Esmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Scottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alberene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Keene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Covesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- North Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Batesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Simeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- New Glasgow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Walkers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Lowesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Sandidges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Coolwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Joshua Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Bent Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Hurtsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Appomattox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Spout Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Sherando
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Lyndhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Stuarts Draft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Axtell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Manteo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Glenmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Centenary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Mount Vinco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Alcoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arvonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Toga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Dillwyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Bridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Trents Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Guinea Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Nicholas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fork Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kents Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Goochland County
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Schuyler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Rockfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Faber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Shipman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Old Myndus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Adial
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Buffalo Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Arrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colleen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Prince Edward County
- Tuggle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Howardsville, see our County-by-County Page for Howardsville.
Cemeteries Near Howardsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Howardsville.
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 Howardsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Howardsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Liberty Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harris Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Esmont.
- The Harris Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harris - Kidd - Bryant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439014 <3>
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Esmont.
- The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stephen's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52032 <3>
- Mt. Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Howardsville had a population of 287 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Howardsville, with the one closest to Howardsville listed first.
- McCullough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCullough is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
- Axtell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Warminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Manteo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Schuyler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Midway Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Mills is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Mills
- Camm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camm is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camm
- Damon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Damon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Wingina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wingina is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
- Centenary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hatton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Esmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Faber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Howardsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Howardsville.
Newspapers Published in Howardsville ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Howardsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Howardsville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Howardsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Howardsville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Nelson County
- Prince Edward County
- Waynesboro City
- 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 from Point A (ie- Howardsville) 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 Howardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |