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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Moomaw. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Moomaw to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Moomaw, 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 Moomaw (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 Moomaw. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Moomaw is historic, it would have been located within present day Roanoke 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 Roanoke County: Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Moomaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moomaw:
- Roanoke County (The home county of Moomaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Catawba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mason Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Hanging Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Wabun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Hollins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Vinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Rich Patch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Moss Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Villamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Montvale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chamblissburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Goodview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Haymakertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Amsterdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Apple Tree Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Apple Tree Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Tree Village
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Daleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Runaway Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Laymantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Troutville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fincastle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oriskany
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Lithia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Covington City
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Abbott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- New Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Simmonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Huffman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Captain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Simpsons
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Terrys Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Sowers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Pizarro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Boones Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Algoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Algoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Hickman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Burnt Chimney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Gogginsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Villa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Barfoot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Rocky Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Redwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Westlake Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Kire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kire is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Mountain Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Eggleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Pembroke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Elliston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Shawsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Tabor Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Blacksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Alleghany Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alleghany Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Springs
- McBryde Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Houchins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Merrimac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Old Farm Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Cowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Fairlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Parrott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Simpkins Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Radford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 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 Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Roanoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Tuckahoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- White Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Hollywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Hillsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wikel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Assurance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moomaw, see our County-by-County Page for Moomaw.
Cemeteries Near Moomaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moomaw.
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 Moomaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moomaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Custer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spessard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sarver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brickey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sarver Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brilheart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Furrow Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrow Family Cemetery
- The Furrow Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Furrow Cemetery
- Grave Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grave Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.
Moomaw itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 23 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moomaw, with the one closest to Moomaw listed first.
- Catawba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Abbott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Bradshaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Looney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Looney is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney
- Sinking Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Creek is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- McDonalds Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McDonalds Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonalds Mill
- Gunn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gunn is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- New Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lafayette is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Elliston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Simmonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cave Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Bennetts Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Poages Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poages Mill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poages Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moomaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moomaw.
Newspapers Published in Moomaw ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moomaw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moomaw, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moomaw.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Moomaw:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Roanoke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Covington City
- Craig County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Roanoke City
- Salem City
- Greenbrier County
- Monroe 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 Moomaw, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Moomaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |