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 Sayersville (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 Sayersville. 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 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.
Sayersville is located in Tazewell 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 Tazewell County: Bland, Buchanan, Russell, Smyth, McDowell (WV) & Mercer (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Sayersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sayersville:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Sayersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Dunford Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village
- Shraders
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Adria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Pisgah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Maxwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Harman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harman is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Five Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Wittens Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Tazewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Pounding Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Bastian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hicksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Bland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Jackson Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Matney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Mavisdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Rowe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
- Janey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Council
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Vansant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grundy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Dye
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Honaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Elk Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Broadford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Ellendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Allison Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Saltville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Atkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Chilhowie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Adwolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Clinchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Fleet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glade Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loves Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Lindell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Wythe County
- Rural Retreat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Newhall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- War
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Yukon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yukon is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Peapatch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peapatch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Height is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Gary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Thorpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Anawalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Bradshaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Four
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Jackson Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Coopers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Yards
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Bramwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coaldale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Freeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Nemours
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bluefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Flipping
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Montcalm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Littlesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Weyanoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Woosley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Fanny
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Stoneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Mullensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Bud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Baileysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Pineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rock View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Sun Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Mullens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sayersville, see our County-by-County Page for Sayersville.
Cemeteries Near Sayersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sayersville.
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 Sayersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sayersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Hartwell - Berwind Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hezekiah Harman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mays Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilburn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dickenson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yates Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lowe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Herts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (730 more) ...
- Bowen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Morton Cemetery
- The Morton Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51238 <2>
- Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sayersville had a population of 11 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sayersville, with the one closest to Sayersville listed first.
- Gap Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
- Shraders
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Pisgah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Harman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harman is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Maxwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Gillespie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gillespie is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillespie
- Five Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Wittens Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pounding Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cedar Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steeleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sayersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sayersville.
Newspapers Published in Sayersville ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sayersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sayersville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sayersville.
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 Sayersville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Washington County
- Wythe County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Wyoming 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sayersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sayersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |