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 Long Mountain Estates (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 Long Mountain Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Long Mountain Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Long Mountain Estates: Long Mtn. Ests. (or less commonly used: Long Mntn. Ests.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Long Mountain Estates is located in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Long Mountain Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Long Mountain Estates:
- Campbell County (The home county of Long Mountain Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Rustburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Yellow Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Lawyers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Gladys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Powhatan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Hat Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Joshua Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Madison Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Walkers Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Sweet Briar Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Amherst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Monitor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- New Glasgow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Pleasant View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Allwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Spring Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Spout Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Appomattox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Beckham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Pamplin City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Hurtsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Boonsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Abert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Bellevue
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Coleman Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Goode
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cifax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Lowry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Waugh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Huddleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peaksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Joppa Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Toga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alcoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Rough Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Aspenwall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Phenix
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Cullen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Charlotte Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abilene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Cody
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Rabat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Nathalie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Loftis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Gladstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Arrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Colleen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Hurt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Riceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Chalk Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Gretna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Markham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Darlington Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Tuggle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Long Mountain Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Long Mountain Estates.
Cemeteries Near Long Mountain Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Mountain Estates.
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 Long Mountain Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Long Mountain Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Torrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tweedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Perrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dodson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Drinkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Merryman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Falwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Carson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Long Mountain Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Long Mountain Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Long Mountain Estates, with the one closest to Long Mountain Estates listed first.
- Rustburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Winfall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winfall is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfall
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bocock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Yellow Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Spring Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Old Pilot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
- Lawyers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Joshua Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Gladys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Stapleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stapleton is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Bedford Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Long Mountain Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Long Mountain Estates.
Newspapers Published in Long Mountain Estates ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Mountain Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Mountain Estates, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Mountain Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Long Mountain Estates:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania 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> | 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 Long Mountain Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Long Mountain Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |