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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 Mitchelltown (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 Mitchelltown. 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 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.

Mitchelltown is located in Bath County.

To see how the shape of Virginia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bath County: Alleghany, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Greenbrier (WV) & Pocahontas (WV).

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

  • Bath County     (The home county of Mitchelltown)
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mitchelltown, with the one closest to Mitchelltown listed first.
    • Griffith
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Griffith. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
      • Griffith is located in Alleghany County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Griffith
      • From Mitchelltown to Griffith
    • Clifton Forge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Iron Gate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
      • Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Selma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Selma is located in Alleghany County
    • Low Moor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rich Patch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Moss Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Augusta County
  • Botetourt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mitchelltown, with the one closest to Mitchelltown listed first.
    • Glen Wilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Haden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
      • Haden is located in Botetourt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Haden
      • From Mitchelltown to Haden
    • Gala
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Strom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Strom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
      • Strom is located in Botetourt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Strom
      • From Mitchelltown to Strom
    • Salt Petre Cave
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salt Petre Cave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
      • Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
      • Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
      • Salt Peter Cave
      • Saltpetre
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Salt Petre Cave
      • From Mitchelltown to Salt Petre Cave
    • Salisbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Covington City
    • Covington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Covington City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,639 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <1>
  • Highland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mitchelltown, with the one closest to Mitchelltown listed first.
    • Buckeye ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Highland County
    • Clover Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
      • Meadowdale is located in Highland County
    • McDowell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hightown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hightown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
      • Hightown is located in Highland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hightown
      • From Mitchelltown to Hightown
    • Monterey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monterey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Monterey is located in Highland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monterey <1>
  • Lexington City
  • Rockbridge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mitchelltown, with the one closest to Mitchelltown listed first.
    • Goshen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kerrs Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • East Lexington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
    • Zollman ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zollman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
      • Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Zollman
      • From Mitchelltown to Zollman
    • Brownsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Fancy Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Red Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
      • Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Mills
      • From Mitchelltown to Red Mills
    • Riverside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riverside
      • From Mitchelltown to Riverside
    • Davis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Davis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Davis is located in Rockbridge County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Davis
      • From Mitchelltown to Davis
    • Buffalo Forge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Pocahontas County (WV)

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

Cemeteries Near Mitchelltown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mitchelltown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Warm Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warm Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warm Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sively Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sively Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sively Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chestnut Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walton Memorial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walton Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walton Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crown Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crown Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Central Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bratton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bratton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bratton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cleek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pines Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Pines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Burnsville Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<5>

While we didn't find Mitchelltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mitchelltown.

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

  • Hot Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in Bath County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <1>
  • Warm Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cowardin ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowardin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
    • Cowardin is located in Bath County
  • Healing Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Callison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Callison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callison
    • Callison is located in Bath County
  • Bath Alum
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shanklin ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklin
    • Shanklin is located in Bath County
  • Mountain Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Copeland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Copeland is located in Bath County
  • Crane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
    • Crane is located in Bath County
  • Millboro Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millboro Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro Springs
    • Millboro Springs is located in Bath County
  • Griffith
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Griffith. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
    • Griffith is located in Alleghany County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Griffith
    • From Mitchelltown to Griffith
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Millboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sunrise
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
      • Sunrise is located in Bath County
    • Longdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
      • Longdale is located in Alleghany County

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

Newspapers Published in Mitchelltown ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mitchelltown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchelltown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mitchelltown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Mitchelltown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mitchelltown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bath County: www.bathcountyva.org/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mitchelltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mitchelltown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mitchelltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0128, Longitude: -79.8115    









 

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