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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 Sangerville (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 Sangerville. 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 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.

Sangerville is located in Augusta 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 Augusta County: Albemarle, Bath, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge, Rockingham & Pendleton (WV).

Below are the counties that are near Sangerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sangerville:

  • Augusta County     (The home county of Sangerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Mount Solon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Stokesville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stokesville is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
    • Parnassus
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Parnassus is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
    • Weyers Cave
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Verona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • West Augusta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Augusta is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Augusta
    • Grottoes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brand
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Brand is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
    • Jolivue
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jolivue is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
    • Sampson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Chapin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Chapin is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Mountfair
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
    • Boonesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Cedarmere
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Foothill Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
    • White Hall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • White Hall is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Crozet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Yancey Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
  • Greene County
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Highland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Palo Alto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Palo Alto is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
    • McDowell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Possum Trot
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Possum Trot is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
    • Clover Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Clover Creek is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
    • Monterey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hightown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hightown is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
  • Nelson County
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Shenandoah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Verbena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Spring Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Briery Branch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Briery Branch is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery Branch
    • Ottobine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine
    • Clover Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
    • Bridgewater
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lilly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
    • Rushville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rushville is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
    • Dayton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <1>
    • Mount Crawford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Coakley Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
    • Hinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hinton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • North River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • North River is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
  • Shenandoah County
    • New Market
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Staunton City
    • Staunton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Waynesboro City
    • Waynesboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pendleton County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
    • Sugar Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Moyers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Moyers is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Propstburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
    • Brandywine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Seybert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
    • Franklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklin is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <1>
    • Harper
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harper is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Zigler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Zigler is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
    • Ruddle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruddle is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
    • Kline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Kline is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Dry Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dry Run is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
    • Circleville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sangerville, see our County-by-County Page for Sangerville.

Cemeteries Near Sangerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sangerville.

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 Sangerville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sangerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.

  • Spring Creek Community Christian Fellowship Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • DeVier Family Cemetery #1
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • DeVier Family Cemetery #2
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Creek Negro Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Click Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Byrd Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Byrd Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peter Paul Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ottobine UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • George Wine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wine Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Briery Branch Church of the Brethren Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (280 more) ...
    • Anderson Family Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • St. Michael's Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael's Church Cemetery
      • The St. Michael's Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Michael's Reformed Church Cemetery
      • St. Michael's United Church Cemetery
    • Ames Methodist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sangerville had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.

  • Spring Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Mount Solon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ottobine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine
  • Moscow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Moscow is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Clover Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Parnassus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Parnassus is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
  • Bridgewater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rushville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rushville is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
  • Lilly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Stribling Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stribling Springs is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling Springs
  • Mount Crawford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Roman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Roman is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roman
    • Stonewall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonewall is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Hinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hinton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sangerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sangerville.

Newspapers Published in Sangerville ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sangerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sangerville, 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 Sangerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sangerville:

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 Sangerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Sangerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.