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 Skyland (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 Skyland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Skyland 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 Skyland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skyland:
- Page County (The home county of Skyland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Marksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leaksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Rileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Cedarmere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Advance Mills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Boonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Earlysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Eggbornsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Homeland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Norman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Waylands Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Rixeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Culpeper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Elkwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Orlean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Turnbull
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Markham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Frederick County
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Kinderhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Amicus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Peola Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Tryme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Hood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda
(20 miles [32.2 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 Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Montpelier Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barboursville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- True Blue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- 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 Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Sperryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Scrabble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amissville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(22 miles [35.4 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 Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Plains Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Mayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Berrytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Lacey Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Timberville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Broadway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Massanutten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- McGaheysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Willow Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Dilbeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Mount Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Maurertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Overall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Limeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Front Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Royal Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Waterlick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Applewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Reliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skyland, see our County-by-County Page for Skyland.
Cemeteries Near Skyland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skyland.
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 Skyland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skyland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <3>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old County Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Etlan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Skyland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skyland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skyland, with the one closest to Skyland listed first.
- Ida
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Stony Man
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Marksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Nethers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
- Luray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Peola Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Leaksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Hawlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin
- Sperryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Honeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Criglersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Criglersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
- Ingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skyland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skyland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Skyland ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skyland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Skyland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Skyland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Skyland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<2> of Skyland.
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 Skyland:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick 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> | 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- Skyland) 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 Skyland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |