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 Mooretown (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 Mooretown. 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 doctors 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.
Mooretown is located in Bath 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 Bath County: Alleghany, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Greenbrier (WV) & Pocahontas (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Mooretown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mooretown:
- Bath County (The home county of Mooretown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Mitchelltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Warm Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Healing Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Bath Alum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Carloover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burnsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Bolar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolar is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolar
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Millboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Griffith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Clifton Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Selma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Iron Gate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Low Moor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Moss Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Rich Patch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Marble Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Deerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Craigsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Glen Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Haden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Gala
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Strom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Covington City
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Clover Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Meadowdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Hightown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hightown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- McDowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kerrs Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Neola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neola is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Wild Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Meadow is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Meadow
- Oscar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Falling Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Loveridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Loveridge is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveridge
- Spring Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Frankford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frankford is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankford
- Brink ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- White Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frost
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Thorny Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
- Buckeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marlinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watoga ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Watoga is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watoga
- Edray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edray is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edray
- Onoto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Onoto is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoto
- Sitlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sitlington is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitlington
- Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green Bank
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (WV)
- Mingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mooretown, see our County-by-County Page for Mooretown.
Cemeteries Near Mooretown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mooretown.
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 Mooretown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mooretown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sively Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shinaberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warm Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McLaughlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Messir Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cleek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lightner Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (76 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Run Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gragg Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Mooretown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mooretown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mooretown, with the one closest to Mooretown listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Shanklin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shanklin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklin
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Warm Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Callison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Callison is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callison
- Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Bath Alum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Dilleys Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dilleys Mill is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilleys Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Frost
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Marlinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mooretown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mooretown.
Newspapers Published in Mooretown ...
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 Mooretown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mooretown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mooretown.
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 Mooretown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bath County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Augusta County
- Botetourt County
- Covington City
- Highland County
- Rockbridge County
- Greenbrier County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Mooretown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mooretown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |