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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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Meriwether Hill is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.

Below are the counties that are near Meriwether Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meriwether Hill:

  • Albemarle County     (The home county of Meriwether Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Ivy
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Decca ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Decca is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
    • Ednam Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ednam Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednam Village
    • Barracks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Barracks is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
    • Huntington Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Huntington Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Village
    • University Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • University Heights is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Commonwealth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Commonwealth is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
    • Logan Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
    • White Hall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • White Hall is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Crozet
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Free Union
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Foothill Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Dooms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
    • Crimora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sampson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Grottoes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyndhurst
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fishersville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Sherando
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sherando is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
    • Lipscomb
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
    • Brand
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Brand is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
    • Weyers Cave
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Verona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stuarts Draft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Buckingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Axtell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Axtell is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
    • Centenary
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Centenary is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
    • Glenmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Manteo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Manteo is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Bridgeport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Arvonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Charlottesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Belmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Locust Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Fluvanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Lake Monticello
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
    • Antioch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Nicholas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
    • Fork Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Weber City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kents Store
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Amicus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Quinque
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Stanardsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dawsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Kinderhook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Medlock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
    • Meltons
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
    • Green Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
    • Bells Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
    • Trevilians
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Hood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolftown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Aroda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Burnt Tree
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
    • Radiant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Ruth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Madison Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
    • Madison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Durrett Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
    • Afton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Onan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Onan is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
    • Greenfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Faber
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lodebar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
    • Adial
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Adial is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
    • Schuyler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Nellysford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockfish
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Old Myndus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
    • Bryant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryant is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordonsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Montpelier Station
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Madison Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
    • Orange
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Verbena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Shenandoah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.
    • Berrytown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
    • Swift Run
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • McGaheysville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Goods Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Montevideo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Elkton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Cross Keys
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Massanutten
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Keezletown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Massanetta Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
    • North River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North River is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
    • Mount Crawford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Staunton City
    • Staunton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Waynesboro City
    • Waynesboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meriwether Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Meriwether Hill.

Cemeteries Near Meriwether Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meriwether 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 Meriwether Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meriwether Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.

  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Oak Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Plains Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. John the Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • University Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ivy Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (314 more) ...
    • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      • The Mt. Moriah Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mt. Moriah Methodist Church Cemetery
      • Mt. Moriah UMC Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51282 <2>
    • Rockgate Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgate Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockgate Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Crozet.
      • The Rockgate Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rock Gate Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51909 <2>
    • Mooreland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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 Meriwether Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meriwether Hill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Meriwether Hill, with the one closest to Meriwether Hill listed first.

  • Ivy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Millington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Millington is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
  • Crozet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hydraulic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
  • Free Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rio
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rio is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
  • Doylesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Doylesville is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
  • Yancey Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
  • Batesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • North Garden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rivanna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
  • Earlysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Overton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Overton is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
    • Simeon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Simeon is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
    • Eastham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Eastham is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meriwether Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meriwether Hill.

Newspapers Published in Meriwether 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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meriwether Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meriwether Hill, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meriwether Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Meriwether Hill:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meriwether Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Meriwether Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.