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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mechanicsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mechanicsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mechanicsville, please Contact Us.
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 Mechanicsville (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 Mechanicsville. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mechanicsville is historic, it would have been located within present day Louisa 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 Louisa County: Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Orange & Spotsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Mechanicsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mechanicsville:
- Louisa County (The home county of Mechanicsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Meltons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
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- Green Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Medlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
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- Trevilians
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
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- Bells Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vigor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Mineral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pendleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
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- Cuckoo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
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- Harris ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Louisa County
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- Gays ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
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- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
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- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Cobham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
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- Rosena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Keswick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burnley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
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- Gilbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
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- Eastham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
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- Shadwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Jefferson Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
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- Hollymead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
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- Advance Mills Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
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- Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- New Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Centenary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Locust Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Waylands Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Culpeper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
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- Kents Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
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- Antioch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Fork Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weber City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nicholas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Tabscott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
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- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Hadensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fife
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Enon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
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- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
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- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Dawsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
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- Amicus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Stanardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Tylers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
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- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Madison Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Burnt Tree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
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- Aroda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolftown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
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- Tryme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
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- Syria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Gordonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barboursville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
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- Montpelier Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Orange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Danton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Danton is located in Orange County
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- Grassland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Vulcan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Rhoadesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- True Blue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
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- Burr Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
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- Locust Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Town is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Rockingham County
- Swift Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Holladay
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Childs Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Glenora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Paytes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Lewiston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Margo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- McHenry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Parker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Post Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Partlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mechanicsville, see our County-by-County Page for Mechanicsville.
Cemeteries Near Mechanicsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mechanicsville.
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 Mechanicsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mechanicsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Bruce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Hill - Walker Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rives / Troubetzkoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knights Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Mechanicsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mechanicsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Waldrop
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Waldrop is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrop
- Lindsay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lindsay is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Cobham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Meltons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Medlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Green Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Gordonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zion is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Trevilians
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Mallory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mallory is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Cranks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cranks is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
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- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Barboursville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keswick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mechanicsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mechanicsville.
Newspapers Published in Mechanicsville ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mechanicsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanicsville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mechanicsville.
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 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 Mechanicsville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Louisa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Hanover County
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Rockingham County
- Spotsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mechanicsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Mechanicsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |