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 Natural Bridge Station (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 Natural Bridge Station. 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 Natural Bridge Station ...
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 Natural Bridge Station: Natural Brg. Sta. (or less commonly used: Natural Brdg. Sta. or Natural Brdge. Sta.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Natural Bridge Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Natural Bridge Station.
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 northeast 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 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.
Natural Bridge Station is located in Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County: Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt & Nelson.
Below are the counties that are near Natural Bridge Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Natural Bridge Station:
- Rockbridge County (The home county of Natural Bridge Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Greenlee
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Natural Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Red Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- East Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Kerrs Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Iron Gate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Griffith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Clifton Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Low Moor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Patch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Pedlar Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Allwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Forks of Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Alto
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Sandidges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Winesap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Monitor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lowesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Madison Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Steeles Tavern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Spottswood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Millboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yost
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Carloover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Healing Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Waugh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Coleman Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Peaksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Cifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Abert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Boonsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Goode
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Montvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Rocky Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Petre Cave
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Springwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Salisbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Lithia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Gala
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Glen Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Haden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Fincastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Blue Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Powhatan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Yellow Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Covington City
- Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lavino Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Massies Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Jonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Tyro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roanoke County
- Hollins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Natural Bridge Station, see our County-by-County Page for Natural Bridge Station.
Cemeteries Near Natural Bridge Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Natural Bridge Station.
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 Natural Bridge Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Natural Bridge Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Diamond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tolley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glasgow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Natural Bridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salling Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- High Bridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Lidia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ponton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bryant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Rapps Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Natural Bridge Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Natural Bridge Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Natural Bridge Station, with the one closest to Natural Bridge Station listed first.
- Gilmore Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Mills
- Balcony Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Balcony Falls is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balcony Falls
- Natural Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Rocky Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Snowden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snowden is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Rapps Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rapps Mill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapps Mill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Arcadia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Major
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Major is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Murat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murat is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Natural Bridge Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Natural Bridge Station.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Natural Bridge Station ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Natural Bridge Station.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Natural Bridge Station. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Natural Bridge Station and those printed in the larger area surrounding Natural Bridge Station.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> of Natural Bridge Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Natural Bridge Station:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockbridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Amherst County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Covington City
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Roanoke 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Natural Bridge Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Natural Bridge Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |