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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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 and doctors 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.
Newtown 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 Newtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newtown:
- Rockbridge County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- East Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Kerrs Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Fancy Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Natural Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Red Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Greenlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 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 Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Griffith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Iron Gate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Low Moor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rich Patch
(24 miles [38.6 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 Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Alto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Forks of Buffalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Allwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pedlar Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Sandidges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Lowesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monitor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Amherst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coolwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Winesap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Steeles Tavern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Spottswood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Craigsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Chapin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chapin is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Arbor Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Stuarts Draft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Millboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Bath Alum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Healing Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Mitchelltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Carloover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Warm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Burnsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burnsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Waugh
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Coleman Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Abert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Cifax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Peaksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Boonsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Bellevue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goode
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Montvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Rocky Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Salt Petre Cave
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Gala
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Glen Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Haden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Springwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Strom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Lithia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Fincastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Covington City
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Lavino Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Massies Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Tyro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Colleen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newtown, see our County-by-County Page for Newtown.
Cemeteries Near Newtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.
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 Newtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158181 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Monmouth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Monmouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Moreland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moreland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Moreland Cemetery is located
- The Mt. Moreland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Moreland Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983694 <2>
- Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paxton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Lidia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Newtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- East Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Murat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murat is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- South River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South River is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South River
- Fancy Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Collierstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Collierstown is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collierstown
- Oakdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Timber Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Denmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cornwall is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Natural Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.
Newspapers Published in Newtown ...
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 Newtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.
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 Newtown:
- 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
- Covington City
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson 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> | 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> | 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 Newtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Newtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |