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 Ida (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 Ida. 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.
Ida is located in Page 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 Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Ida. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ida:
- Page County (The home county of Ida)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Marksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luray
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Rileyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Cedarmere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Burnley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Earlysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Free Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Augusta County
- Grottoes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Eggbornsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Homeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Waylands Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Culpeper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Jeffersonton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Orlean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Turnbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Kinderhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Dawsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Syria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Ruth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Aroda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Montpelier Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barboursville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Sperryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Scrabble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amissville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Elkton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Swift Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Lacey Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Berrytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Timberville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Broadway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Massanutten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- McGaheysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Seven Fountains
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Willow Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Mount Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Calvary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Columbia Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Maurertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Overall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Limeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Waterlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Happy Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Riverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Reliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ida, see our County-by-County Page for Ida.
Cemeteries Near Ida ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ida.
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 Ida - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ida covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Marshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <3>
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Longs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Comer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ida had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Stony Man
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Marksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luray
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Nethers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
- Alma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Ingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Grove Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Jollett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jollett is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Peola Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Graves Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Criglersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Criglersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ida. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ida.
Newspapers Published in Ida ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ida.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ida, 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 Ida.
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 Ida:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren 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 '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- Ida) 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 Ida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |