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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Old Furnace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Old Furnace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Furnace, please Contact Us.
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 Old Furnace (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 Old Furnace. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Old Furnace is historic, it would have been located within present day Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Page, Shenandoah, Hardy (WV) & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Old Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Furnace:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Old Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Melrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Keezletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massanutten
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Linville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Massanetta Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Edom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
- McGaheysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Montevideo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Green Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
- Daphna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Berrytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Cross Keys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Cedarmere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Mountfair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Free Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- White Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Hall is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Decca ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Advance Mills Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Earlysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crozet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Yancey Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Logan Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Grottoes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Weyers Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Crimora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stokesville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stokesville is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Parnassus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Churchville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Fishersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jolivue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Kinderhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Amicus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Stanardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Hood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Syria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wolftown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Aroda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Nelson County
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Verbena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Stanley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leaksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Luray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Clifton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Rinkerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Mount Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orkney Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Willow Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Calvary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Mathias
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pendleton County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Fort Seybert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
- Brandywine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Propstburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Old Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Old Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Furnace.
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 Old Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Whitmore Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fellowship UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fellowship UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Harrisonburg.
- The Fellowship UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fellowship Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340230 <4>
- New Hope UCC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arrey / Fridley Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cyrus Rhodes Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Athens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Athens Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Athens Church Cemetery
- The Old Athens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Longs Chapel Cemetery
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Adam M. Long Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Old Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Furnace, with the one closest to Old Furnace listed first.
- Paulington ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Paulington is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulington
- Keezletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Massanetta Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Lacey Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Linville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Montevideo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- McGaheysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
- Peach Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
- Mauzy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mauzy is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauzy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Green Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
- Pleasant Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Cross Keys
(8 miles [12.9 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 Old Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Old Furnace ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Furnace, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Furnace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Old Furnace:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Page County
- Shenandoah County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- Hardy County
- Pendleton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Old Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |