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 Old Glade Spring (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 Glade Spring. 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 Old Glade Spring ...
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 Old Glade Spring: Old Glade Spg. (or less commonly used: Old Glade Spng. or Old Glade Sprng.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Old Glade Spring is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Johnson (TN), Sullivan (TN), Grayson, Russell, Scott & Smyth.
Below are the counties that are near Old Glade Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Glade Spring:
- Washington County (The home county of Old Glade Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Glade Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fleet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lodi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Clinchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Loves Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Masada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Masada is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Lindell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Drowning Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drowning Ford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Ford
- Glenford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alvarado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alvarado is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Bristol City
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Virginia Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Heights is located in Bristol City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Council
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Rowe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
- Dickenson County
- Carrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Whitetop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trout Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rugby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Elk Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Barnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Honaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Dye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Artrip
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jessees Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Creswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Chilhowie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saltville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Seven Mile Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Allison Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Adwolf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Broadford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Atkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Paintlick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
- Steeleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Claypool Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Claypool Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Hill
- Pounding Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Asberrys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Cedar Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Raven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Raven is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Richlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maxwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Red Ash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Thompson Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wise County
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wythe County
- Rural Retreat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Grayson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Apple Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Brandon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Sturgills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Helton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Roten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Comet
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Creston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warrensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga County (NC)
- Zionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carter County (TN)
- Buladeen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Shingletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Fuller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Winchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Mountain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Trade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Health is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Sullivan County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Holston Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Forest Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Hunter Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
- Ruthton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Collingwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Cedar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Glade Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Old Glade Spring.
Cemeteries Near Old Glade Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Glade Spring.
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 Glade Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Glade Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Old Glade Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Emory & Henry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Byars Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McNew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Astin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mahanaim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Farris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greever Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCready Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (970 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ketchum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Old Glade Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Glade Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Glade Spring, with the one closest to Old Glade Spring listed first.
- Glade Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lodi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Emory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Loves Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Chilhowie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saltville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lindell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Shortsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shortsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Seven Mile Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abingdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,856 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Glade Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Glade Spring.
Newspapers Published in Old Glade Spring ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Glade Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Glade Spring, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Glade Spring.
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 helpful 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 Glade Spring:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol City
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Grayson County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Wise County
- Wythe County
- Ashe County
- Watauga County
- Carter County
- Johnson County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Glade Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Glade Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |