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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 Mouth-of-Wilson (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 Mouth-of-Wilson. 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 hospitals and 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.

Mouth-of-Wilson is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Alleghany (NC), Ashe (NC), Surry (NC), Johnson (TN), Carroll, Smyth, Washington & Wythe.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Mouth-of-Wilson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mouth-of-Wilson.

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 Mouth-of-Wilson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mouth-of-Wilson, with the one closest to Mouth-of-Wilson listed first.

  • Thomas Marion Cox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Robert Parsons Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Thomas Marion Cox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fox Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Fork Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Piney Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piney Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piney Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Potato Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potato Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potato Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holdaway Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holdaway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holdaway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pugh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pugh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pugh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reedy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reedy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reedy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Gold Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Phipps Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phipps Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phipps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Grubb Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mouth-of-Wilson had a population of 68 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mouth-of-Wilson, with the one closest to Mouth-of-Wilson listed first.

  • Fox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
    • Fox is located in Grayson County
  • Grassy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
    • Grassy Creek is located in Ashe County (NC)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grassy Creek <2>
  • Weavers Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Piney Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Topia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bridle Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crumpler
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crumpler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumpler
    • Crumpler is located in Ashe County (NC)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crumpler <2>
  • Grant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Grayson County
  • Rugby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Helton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Scottville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottville
    • Scottville is located in Alleghany County (NC)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottville <2>
  • Flat Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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    • Amelia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sturgills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Furches
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furches have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furches
      • Furches is located in Alleghany County (NC)

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

Newspapers Published in Mouth-of-Wilson ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mouth-of-Wilson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mouth-of-Wilson, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mouth-of-Wilson.

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 Mouth-of-Wilson:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Mouth-of-Wilson, 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 from Point A (ie- Mouth-of-Wilson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mouth-of-Wilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5893, Longitude: -81.3367    









 

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