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 Lexington (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 Lexington. 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.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lexington ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lexington.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lexington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lexington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lexington.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Lexington.
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 Lexington:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Lexington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lexington.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lexington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lexington.
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158181 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Market Place Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50176 <2>
- Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51912 <2>
- Old Monmouth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Monmouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Monmouth Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- New Monmouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Monmouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Monmouth Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Paxton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paxton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paxton Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moreland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moreland Cemetery
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- The Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oxford Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- Falling Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Falling Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falling Spring Cemetery
- Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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 Lexington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lexington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- East Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- South River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South River
- South River is located in Rockbridge County
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Murat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Timber Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in Rockbridge County
- Collierstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collierstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collierstown
- Collierstown is located in Rockbridge County
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Fancy Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Longwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Midvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lexington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lexington.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lexington: www.ci.lexington.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7847, Longitude: -79.4437 |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Lexington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |