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 Snowden (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 Snowden. 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 and hospitals 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.
Snowden is located in Amherst 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 Amherst County: Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg City, Nelson & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Snowden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Snowden:
- Amherst County (The home county of Snowden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Pedlar Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Allwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Forks of Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Sandidges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Winesap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Monitor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Amherst
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lowesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Griffith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Iron Gate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Low Moor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Patch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Beckham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Steeles Tavern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spottswood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bath County
- Millboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Waugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Abert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Boonsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Cifax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Peaksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Goode
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Montvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Joppa Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Rocky Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salt Petre Cave
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Springwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Lithia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Gala
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Glen Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Haden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Strom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Powhatan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Yellow Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Rustburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Lavino Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Massies Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Colleen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Jonesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Tyro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bryant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Buffalo Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Gladstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Fancy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Natural Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- East Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Kerrs Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Marlbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Snowden, see our County-by-County Page for Snowden.
Cemeteries Near Snowden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snowden.
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 Snowden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Snowden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salling Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glasgow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Lidia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tolley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Diamond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gatewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Grant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Snowden had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Major
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Major is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balcony Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balcony Falls is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balcony Falls
- Big Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Waugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Fancy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Gilmore Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gilmore Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Mills
- Sedalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Pedlar Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Natural Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Curtis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Charlemont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Charlemont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Snowden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Snowden.
Newspapers Published in Snowden ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snowden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snowden, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snowden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Snowden:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Amherst County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Rockbridge 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 Snowden, 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- Snowden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |