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 Saint Luke (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 Saint Luke. 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 Saint Luke ...
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 Saint Luke: St. Luke
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.
Saint Luke is located in Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County: Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Warren & Hardy (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Saint Luke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Luke:
- Shenandoah County (The home county of Saint Luke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Calvary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Columbia Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maurertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Toms Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Zepp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Seven Fountains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Dilbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- White Post
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fauquier County
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Mountain Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Middletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Fawcett Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rock Enon Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Stephens City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Day - Mar Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Echo Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Rosenberger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Armel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Chambersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Madison County
- Peola Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Rileyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kimball
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Stanley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verbena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Chester Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Rediviva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Plains Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Broadway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Fulks Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Mayland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Turleytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Criders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Daphna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Lacey Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Cherry Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Bentonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Overall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Limeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Waterlick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Royal Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Front Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Viscose City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Happy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Applewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Dorcas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seemly is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Seymourville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Sedan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Capon Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North River Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Wardensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lost City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Inkerman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Fort Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Durgon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Luke, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Luke.
Cemeteries Near Saint Luke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Luke.
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 Saint Luke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Luke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset View Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heltsley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heltsley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Heltsley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Columbia Furnace.
- Wakemans Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Forge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massanutten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Valley Pike Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Luke had a population of 13 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Luke, with the one closest to Saint Luke listed first.
- Calvary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Alonzaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alonzaville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzaville
- Columbia Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saumsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saumsville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saumsville
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Buren Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Van Buren Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Furnace
- Maurertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Rockland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Toms Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Luke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Luke.
Newspapers Published in Saint Luke ...
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 Saint Luke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Luke, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Luke.
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 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 Saint Luke:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Shenandoah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Luke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Saint Luke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |