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 Katrine (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 Katrine. 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 doctors 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.
Katrine is located in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Katrine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Katrine:
- Buckingham County (The home county of Katrine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Mount Vinco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Alcoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Enonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Toga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Manteo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Dillwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Andersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centenary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Gold Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Porters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Scottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Esmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Keene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Covesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Woodridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- North Garden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Simeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Batesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Rodophil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Walkers Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- New Glasgow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Monitor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Joshua Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Coolwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Lowesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Bent Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Hurtsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Beckham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Appomattox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Pamplin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Spout Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spring Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Charlotte County
- Abilene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Charlottesville City
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Trents Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Guinea Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Cotton Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Lakeside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Nicholas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Weber City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Fork Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Warminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Norwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Schuyler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Gladstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Shipman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Arrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Faber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colleen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Old Myndus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Adial
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Tuggle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Farmville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Blake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Darlington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Katrine, see our County-by-County Page for Katrine.
Cemeteries Near Katrine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Katrine.
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 Katrine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Katrine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Fork Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ayers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Joy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mourning Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tabor UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Enon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanes Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Gold Mine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Katrine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Katrine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Katrine, with the one closest to Katrine listed first.
- Mount Vinco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Camm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Camm is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camm
- Allenslevel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allenslevel is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenslevel
- Toga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Enonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Eldridge Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eldridge Mill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Mill
- Glenmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Dillwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manteo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Andersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alpha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alpha is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Wingina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wingina is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Axtell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Centenary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Warminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Katrine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Katrine.
Newspapers Published in Katrine ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Katrine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Katrine, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Katrine.
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 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 Katrine:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Buckingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Nelson County
- Prince Edward 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 '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- Katrine) 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 Katrine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |