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 Slate Hill (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 Slate Hill. 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.
Slate Hill is located in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Slate Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slate Hill:
- Buckingham County (The home county of Slate Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Gold Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Arvonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Dillwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centenary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Buckingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Glenmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Alcoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Axtell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Scottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Porters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Woodridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Esmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Keene
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alberene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Simeon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Covesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- North Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Paineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Lodore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Amelia Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Masons Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Amherst County
- Walkers Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Hurtsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bent Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Beckham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Appomattox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pamplin City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Trents Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cotton Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Weber City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Fork Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Kents Store
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Fife
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Enon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Tabscott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hadensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goochland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maidens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Thorncliff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Bells Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Medlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Shelfar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Vigor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Warminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Schuyler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Faber
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Norwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Gladstone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shipman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Buffalo Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Old Myndus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Arrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Colleen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Belona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Beaumont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tuggle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Blake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Five Forks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slate Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Slate Hill.
Cemeteries Near Slate Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slate Hill.
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 Slate Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slate Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Gold Hill.
- The Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197478 <2>
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitlock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hanes Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mourning Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornerstone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bettie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ayers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Slate Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slate Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slate Hill, with the one closest to Slate Hill listed first.
- Gold Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Alpha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Eldridge Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eldridge Mill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Mill
- Arvonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lawford is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Allenslevel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allenslevel is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenslevel
- Dillwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilliamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilliamsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliamsville
- Bremo Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hardware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
- Trenton Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Centenary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slate Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slate Hill.
Newspapers Published in Slate Hill ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slate Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slate Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slate Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Slate Hill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Buckingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward 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 Slate Hill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Slate Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |