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 Mission Hills (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 Mission Hills. 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 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.
Mission Hills is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Craig, Floyd, Giles, Pulaski & Roanoke.
Below are the counties that are near Mission Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mission Hills:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Mission Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- McBryde Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Blacksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merrimac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Prices Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Mount Tabor Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Ellett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Bennetts Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Christiansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Houchins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Raintree Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Old Farm Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Bland County
- Mechanicsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Dugspur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sylvatus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Huffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Captain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Simmonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Abbott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Sowers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Terrys Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Simpsons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Poff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Duncan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Floyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pizarro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Haycock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Algoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Algoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Boones Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hickman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Goodwins Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Eggleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Pembroke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kire is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Poplar Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Pearisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Thessalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Narrows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shumate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Rich Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County
- Charity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Cowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Fairlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Parrott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Snowville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Dublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newbern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wurno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Hilton Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Mack Creek Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Draper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Mill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpkins Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Garden City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Wabun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Bent Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Catawba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanging Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Mason Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Cave Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Hollins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Willowton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Elgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Oakvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Assurance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Peterstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wikel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Ballard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hollywood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Wayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Summers County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Forest Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mission Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Mission Hills.
Cemeteries Near Mission Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mission Hills.
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 Mission Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mission Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Kipps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Price Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Westview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Snider Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Belmont Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jennelle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Charlton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Burton Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lester Cemetery #3
(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.<3>
While we didn't find Mission Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mission Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mission Hills, with the one closest to Mission Hills listed first.
- Prices Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Blacksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vicker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vicker is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicker
- Yellow Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Christiansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cambria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Houchins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Bennetts Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Fagg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fagg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagg
- Maybrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maybrook is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Belspring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belspring is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belspring
- East Radford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Radford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Radford
- Goodwins Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mission Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mission Hills.
Newspapers Published in Mission Hills ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mission Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mission Hills, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mission Hills.
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 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 Mission Hills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Craig County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Salem City
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Summers 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 Mission Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mission Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |