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 Mudtown (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 Mudtown. 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.
Newspapers Published in Mudtown ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mudtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mudtown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mudtown.
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 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 Mudtown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Mudtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mudtown.
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 Mudtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mudtown, with the one closest to Mudtown listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lexington.
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158181 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Market Place Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50176 <2>
- Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51912 <2>
- Old Monmouth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Monmouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Monmouth Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- Paxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paxton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paxton Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
- New Monmouth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Monmouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Monmouth Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Mt. Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moreland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moreland Cemetery
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- The Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oxford Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Falling Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Falling Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falling Spring Cemetery
- Mt. Lidia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Lidia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lidia Cemetery
- Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Mudtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mudtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mudtown, with the one closest to Mudtown listed first.
- East Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- South River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South River
- South River is located in Rockbridge County
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Murat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Timber Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in Rockbridge County
- Fancy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Collierstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collierstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collierstown
- Collierstown is located in Rockbridge County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Glasgow is located in Rockbridge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <5>
- Midvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longwood ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mudtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mudtown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mudtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Mudtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mudtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7751, Longitude: -79.4411 In this case, the coordinates for Mudtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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> | 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 Mudtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |