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 Liberty Hill (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 Liberty Hill. 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 doctors and 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.
Liberty Hill is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski, Surry & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty Hill:
- Carroll County (The home county of Liberty Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Dugspur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Hillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Gladesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Nester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Woodlawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sheep Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Pike City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Bland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Indian Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Floyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sowers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Poff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Haycock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Pizarro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Terrys Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Simpsons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Galax City
- Galax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Goodwins Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Fries
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Independence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Childress
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Riner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Raintree Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Houchins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Merrimac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Prices Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- 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 Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Meadows of Dan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ararat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Woolwine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Charity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Peters Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Elamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Stuart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patrick Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Mack Creek Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Draper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Newbern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wurno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Snowville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Fairlawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Cowan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Parrott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Simpkins Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Chiswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Locust Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Siloam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Max Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Speedwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Edmonds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Stokes County (NC)
- Aarons Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Round Peak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mount Airy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Toast
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Brush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Sheltontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Mount Herman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- White Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Westfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty Hill.
Cemeteries Near Liberty Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty Hill.
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 Liberty Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Thomas Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Allison Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Andrew Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shockley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bobbitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dinwiddie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey - Old Bethesda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (567 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alfred Marshall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Liberty Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
- Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Dugspur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Hillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allisonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Allisonia is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisonia
- Kayoulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kayoulah is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayoulah
- Barren Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bertha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bertha is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Shorts Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Indian Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fosters Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fosters Falls is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Falls
- Woodlawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gladesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Nester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Fancy Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty Hill.
Newspapers Published in Liberty Hill ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty Hill.
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 Liberty Hill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Giles County
- Grayson County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Stokes 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> | 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> | 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 Liberty Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Liberty Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |