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 Jollett (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 Jollett. 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 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.
Jollett 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 Jollett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jollett:
- Page County (The home county of Jollett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Verbena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Leaksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Cedarmere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Earlysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Free Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountfair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Burnley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Jefferson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Hollymead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Logan Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Grottoes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weyers Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Crimora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Locust Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Waylands Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Eggbornsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Culpeper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Homeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Rixeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Kinderhook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Quinque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Syria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Wolftown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Aroda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Tryme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Radiant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(24 miles [38.6 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 Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Barboursville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Gordonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Slate Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Sperryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Elkton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Massanutten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McGaheysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Lacey Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Keezletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Plains Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Daphna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Mount Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Edinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orkney Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Columbia Furnace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Seven Fountains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Overall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jollett, see our County-by-County Page for Jollett.
Cemeteries Near Jollett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jollett.
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 Jollett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jollett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Samuels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hensley Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hensley Community Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Elkton.
- The Hensley Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hensley UMC Cemetery
- Blose Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Koontz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Cemetery
- The Koontz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Koontz Community Cemetery
- Koontz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mowbray Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Lithia Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Paran Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ed Hensley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ed Hensley Cemetery
- The Ed Hensley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hensley Family Cemetery
- Naylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Naylor Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Elkton.
- Dean Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- South River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Jollett had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jollett, with the one closest to Jollett listed first.
- Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Verbena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Ingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Grove Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Swift Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- McMullen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McMullen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Graves Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Hood
(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 Jollett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jollett.
Newspapers Published in Jollett ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jollett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jollett, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jollett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Jollett:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jollett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jollett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |