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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove ...
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 Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
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 southwest 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 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.
Pine Grove is located in Page 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 Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Page County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Marksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leaksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Cedarmere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Burnley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Earlysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Free Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Mountfair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Hollymead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Jefferson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Logan Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Rosena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Grottoes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weyers Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eggbornsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Waylands Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Homeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Culpeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Kinderhook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Quinque
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Syria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Hood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Wolftown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Aroda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Montpelier Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barboursville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Slate Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Sperryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amissville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(28 miles [45.1 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 Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Elkton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Plains Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Berrytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Lacey Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Massanutten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Timberville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- McGaheysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Broadway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keezletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Mount Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Edinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Seven Fountains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Calvary
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Dilbeck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orkney Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Overall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Front Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samuels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Koontz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Cemetery
- The Koontz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Koontz Community Cemetery
- Continue List (373 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Longs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Marksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Jollett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jollett is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
- Alma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Ingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Leaksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Stony Man
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Grove Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Verbena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Graves Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, 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 Pine Grove.
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 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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Culpeper County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren 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 Pine Grove, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |