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 Nethers (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 Nethers. 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 hospitals 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.
Nethers is located in Madison 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 Madison County : Culpeper , Greene , Orange , Page & Rappahannock .
Below are the counties that are near Nethers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nethers:
Madison County (The home county of Nethers)
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Peola Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Peola Mills is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills Syria (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Tryme (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Tryme is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme Ruth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Ruth is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth Madison (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wolftown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Hood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Aroda (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Aroda is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda Radiant (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Radiant is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant Burnt Tree (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Burnt Tree is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree Madison Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Madison Mills is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills Albemarle County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Advance Mills Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village Burnley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Burnley is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley Cedarmere (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere Advance Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Advance Mills has also been known as:
Fray's Mills Boonesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Boonesville is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville Gilbert (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Gilbert is located in Albemarle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Earlysville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Culpeper County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Griffinsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg Eggbornsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville Salem (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Salem is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Norman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Norman is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Homeland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Homeland is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Waylands Mill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill Rixeyville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville Culpeper (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Jeffersonton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton Elkwood (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lignum (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Lignum is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum Kellys Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford Fauquier County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Orlean (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Waterloo (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Waterloo is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Turnbull (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Turnbull is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull Opal (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Opal is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal Remington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ada (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ada is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Petersburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Petersburg is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Bealeton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Warrenton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Markham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Frytown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Frytown is located in Fauquier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown Midland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Delaplane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Kinderhook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Kinderhook is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook Stanardsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Dawsonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Dawsonville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville Quinque (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Quinque is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque Amicus (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Amicus is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus Cedarmere ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cedarmere was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere Orange County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Montpelier Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Orange (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
True Blue (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
True Blue is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue Grassland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Grassland is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Barboursville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Madison Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Madison Run is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run Burr Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Burr Hill is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill Rhoadesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Indian Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Indian Town is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town Gordonsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Vulcan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Vulcan is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan Page County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Kimball (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Kimball is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Marksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Marksville is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville Luray (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Stanley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Leaksville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Leaksville is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville Rileyville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Shenandoah (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Verbena (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Verbena is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena Rappahannock County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Slate Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills Scrabble (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble Sperryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Woodville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Woodville is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Rediviva (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva Washington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Amissville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Chester Gap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap Reager (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Reager is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager Rockingham County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Elkton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Swift Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Swift Run is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run Berrytown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Berrytown is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown Plains Mill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill Lacey Spring (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring Mayland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Mayland is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland Massanutten (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Timberville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
McGaheysville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Broadway (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Daphna (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Daphna is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna Melrose (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Melrose is located in Rockingham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Keezletown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Shenandoah County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Seven Fountains (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains New Market (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Dilbeck (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck Edinburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Mount Jackson (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Willow Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove Rinkerton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton Woodstock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Calvary (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Calvary is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Maurertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mount Clifton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton Toms Brook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Columbia Furnace (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Overall (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Overall is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall Bentonville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Limeton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Limeton is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton Front Royal (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Viscose City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Viscose City is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City Applewood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Applewood is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Happy Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Happy Creek is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek Royal Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Royal Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village Riverton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Riverton is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Waterlick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Waterlick is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick Cedarville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Cedarville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Reliance (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Reliance is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nethers, see our County-by-County Page for Nethers .
Cemeteries Near Nethers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nethers.
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 Nethers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nethers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Etlan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Brown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery The Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
Criglersville Cemetery Shiloh Cemetery Berry Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mt. Calvary Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Second Robertson Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Salem . The Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Canaan Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49676 <2>
Beahm's Chapel Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Luray . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <2>
Marshall Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Tanners Ridge Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (291 more) ...
Cannon Family Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Antioch Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nethers had a population of 17 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nethers, with the one closest to Nethers listed first.
Peola Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Peola Mills is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills Hawlin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin Slate Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills Woodville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Woodville is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Sperryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Criglersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Criglersville is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville Ida (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Ida is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Haywood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Haywood is also located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood Boston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Rediviva (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva Castleton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Stony Man (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Stony Man is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man Continue List (15 more) ...
Kimball (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Kimball is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Marksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Marksville is located in Page County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville Graves Mill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nethers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nethers .
Newspapers Published in Nethers ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nethers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nethers, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Nethers.
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 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 Nethers:
Websites specific to Virginia Pages specific to Madison County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Albemarle County Culpeper County Fauquier County Greene County Orange County Page County Rappahannock County Rockingham County Shenandoah County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nethers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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- Nethers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Nethers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.