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 Jett (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 Jett. 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.
Jett is located in Wythe 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 Wythe County: Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski & Smyth.
Below are the counties that are near Jett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jett:
- Wythe County (The home county of Jett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Fort Chiswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Max Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Siloam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Crockett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Speedwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rural Retreat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Bland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bastian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Round Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Rocky Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Sylvatus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Shorts Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sheep Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dugspur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fancy Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pipers Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Gladesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Nester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Drenn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Indian Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Duncan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Sowers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Floyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Poff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Haycock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Terrys Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Galax City
- Galax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Goodwins Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Eggleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pearisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shumate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Bluff City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Narrows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pembroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Fries
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Elk Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Childress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Riner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Christiansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Farm Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Prices Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Merrimac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Raintree Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Houchins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Blacksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Meadows of Dan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Woolwine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Draper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mack Creek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wurno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Hilton Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Newbern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Snowville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Fairlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Parrott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- New Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Edmonds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Low Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Toast
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mount Airy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Brush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Mount Herman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Sheltontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jett, see our County-by-County Page for Jett.
Cemeteries Near Jett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jett.
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 Jett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Alexander Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quesenberry - Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Osbourne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery - Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bertha Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Peak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Worrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- James L. Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James L. Marshall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the James L. Marshall Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the north of Hillsville.
- The James L. Marshall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marshall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236571 <3>
- Fosters Falls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shorts Creek - Frazier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (557 more) ...
- Parnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Vine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lilburn Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Jett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jett, with the one closest to Jett listed first.
- Kayoulah
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kayoulah is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayoulah
- Barren Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sylvatus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Bertha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bertha is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Fosters Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fosters Falls is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Falls
- Allisonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allisonia is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisonia
- Shorts Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Grahams Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Draper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walton Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walton Furnace is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Furnace
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hillsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dugspur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jett.
Newspapers Published in Jett ...
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 Jett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jett, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jett.
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 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 Jett:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Wythe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Giles County
- Grayson County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Alleghany County
- Surry 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jett) 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 Jett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |