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 Park View (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 Park View. 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 Park View ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Park View: Park Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Park View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park View.
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 northwest 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 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.
Park View is located in 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 Park View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park View:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Park View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- New Erection
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Erection is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Erection
- Green Mount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
- Edom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
- Linville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Melrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Dayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coakley Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
- Hinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hinton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Keezletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Massanetta Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Singers Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Singers Glen is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singers Glen
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Cedarmere
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Mountfair
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- White Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Hall is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Free Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foothill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Crozet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Decca ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Yancey Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Advance Mills Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Weyers Cave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grottoes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Solon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stokesville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stokesville is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Parnassus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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)
- Churchville
(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
- Brand
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Fishersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jolivue
(26 miles [41.8 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 Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Kinderhook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Amicus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Stanardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland County
- Palo Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Palo Alto is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Hood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Syria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wolftown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nelson County
- Afton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verbena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Leaksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Orkney Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rinkerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Edinburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(24 miles [38.6 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 Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Mathias
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pendleton County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Brandywine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Propstburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
- Fort Seybert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Moyers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moyers is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Ruddle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruddle is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
- Zigler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zigler is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park View, see our County-by-County Page for Park View.
Cemeteries Near Park View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park View.
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 Park View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Antioch UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cromer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- Blosser Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Family Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Park View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park View, with the one closest to Park View listed first.
- Dale Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dale Enterprise is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Enterprise
- Green Mount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
- Dayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Linville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Edom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
- Mount Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Clinton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clinton
- Hinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hinton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Peach Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peach Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
- Massanetta Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Keezletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Singers Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Singers Glen is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singers Glen
- Paulington ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paulington is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park View.
Newspapers Published in Park View ...
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 Park View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park View, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Park View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Park View:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Page County
- Shenandoah County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- Hardy County
- Pendleton 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 Park View, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |