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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 Mount Torry Furnace (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 Mount Torry Furnace. 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.
Name Variations for Mount Torry Furnace ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Torry Furnace: Mt. Torry Furnace
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mount Torry Furnace is located in Augusta 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 Augusta County: Albemarle, Bath, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge, Rockingham & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Mount Torry Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Torry Furnace:
- Augusta County (The home county of Mount Torry Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Sherando
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Lyndhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stuarts Draft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dooms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Jolivue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Spottswood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Steeles Tavern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arbor Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Batesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Covesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Yancey Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Foothill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Crozet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alberene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Esmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- White Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Ivy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Porters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Decca ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Lowesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alto
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- New Glasgow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Sandidges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Monitor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Forks of Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Allwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Pleasant View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Coolwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Walkers Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Appomattox County
- Bent Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Manteo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Centenary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 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 Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Nicholas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Greene County
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lodebar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Durrett Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Onan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Tyro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Afton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Adial
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Old Myndus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Jonesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Massies Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Davis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Marlbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Brownsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- East Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kerrs Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Goods Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Mount Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Cross Keys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montevideo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Torry Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Torry Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Mount Torry Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Torry Furnace.
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 Mount Torry Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Torry Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Diamond Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wintergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Adial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located in Waynesboro.
- Old Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Augusta Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Greenfield and Batesville. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southwest of Batesville.
- The Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50674 <2>
- Haines Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Mount Torry Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Torry Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Torry Furnace, with the one closest to Mount Torry Furnace listed first.
- Sherando
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lyndhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Nellysford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lodebar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Stuarts Draft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ladd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ladd is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Tyro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Onan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Barterbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barterbrook is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barterbrook
- Afton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avis is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Torry Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Torry Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Mount Torry Furnace ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Torry Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Torry Furnace, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Torry Furnace.
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 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 Mount Torry Furnace:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Augusta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista City
- Charlottesville City
- Fluvanna County
- Greene County
- Lexington City
- Nelson County
- Rockbridge County
- Rockingham County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Greenfield and Batesville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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- Mount Torry Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mount Torry Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |