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 Little Baltimore (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 Little Baltimore. 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 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.
Little Baltimore is located in Augusta 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 Augusta County: Albemarle, Bath, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge, Rockingham & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Little Baltimore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Baltimore:
- Augusta County (The home county of Little Baltimore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Deerfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Deerfield is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Marble Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Chapin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapin is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- West Augusta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Augusta is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Augusta
- Craigsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Churchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Middlebrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Arbor Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Parnassus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Jolivue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghany County
- Griffith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Amherst County
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Yost
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burnsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Bolar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bolar is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolar
- Millboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bath Alum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Warm Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchelltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Mountain Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Healing Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Clover Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- McDowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palo Alto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Palo Alto is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
- Monterey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Possum Trot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Possum Trot is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Hightown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Davis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Kerrs Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Marlbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- East Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Briery Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Briery Branch is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery Branch
- Spring Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Ottobine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine
- Bridgewater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Mount Crawford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- North River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Rushville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coakley Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
- Hinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pendleton County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Moyers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Sugar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Harper
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Propstburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
- Zigler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zigler is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
- Dry Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Run is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Pocahontas County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Frost
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frost is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Arbovale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Bank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Baltimore, see our County-by-County Page for Little Baltimore.
Cemeteries Near Little Baltimore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Baltimore.
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 Little Baltimore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Baltimore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Mt. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Augusta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Craigsville Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glebe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crosby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hunters Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Burnsville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little River Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Little Baltimore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Baltimore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Baltimore, with the one closest to Little Baltimore listed first.
- Deerfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Deerfield is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Marble Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Augusta Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta Springs is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Springs
- Chapin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapin is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- North Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Mountain is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mountain
- Craigsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Ferrol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ferrol is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrol
- Buffalo Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- West Augusta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Augusta is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Augusta
- Armstrong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Swoope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clover Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Williamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Bells Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bells Valley is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Baltimore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Baltimore.
Newspapers Published in Little Baltimore ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Baltimore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Baltimore, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Baltimore.
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 Little Baltimore:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Augusta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Amherst County
- Bath County
- Highland County
- Lexington City
- Rockbridge County
- Rockingham County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- Pendleton County
- Pocahontas 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 Little Baltimore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Little Baltimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |