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 Stanley (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 Stanley. 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.
Stanley 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 Stanley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanley:
- Page County (The home county of Stanley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Marksville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Leaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kimball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Verbena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rileyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Cedarmere
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Free Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mountfair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Grottoes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weyers Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Eggbornsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Waylands Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Homeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Culpeper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Kinderhook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Amicus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Quinque
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Syria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Hood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Wolftown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Aroda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(28 miles [45.1 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 Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Montpelier Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barboursville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Sperryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Scrabble
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Amissville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Plains Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Elkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Swift Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Timberville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berrytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Broadway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Massanutten
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- McGaheysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Linville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Mount Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Calvary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Seven Fountains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orkney Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dilbeck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Overall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Waterlick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Riverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Mathias
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanley, see our County-by-County Page for Stanley.
Cemeteries Near Stanley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanley.
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 Stanley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Longs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Comer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (374 more) ...
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, Stanley had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Stanley had a population of 1,676 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Marksville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Leaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Alma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Ida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Ingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Stony Man
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Grove Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Luray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jollett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jollett is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Furnace is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Kimball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stanley ...
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 Stanley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stanley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stanley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stanley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Stanley.
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 Stanley:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Culpeper County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Hardy 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> | 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 Stanley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stanley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |