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 Stowersville (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 Stowersville. 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 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.
Stowersville is located in Bland 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 Bland County: Giles, Pulaski, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe & Mercer (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Stowersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stowersville:
- Bland County (The home county of Stowersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Bastian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Bearwallow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Shumate
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Glen Lyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Thessalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Lurich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Narrows
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Bluff City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Pearisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Hilton Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wurno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Draper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Atkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Broadford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Bluefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Falls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Shawver Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Yards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Little Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Boissevain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Abbs Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Five Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Wittens Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Adria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Wytheville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Retreat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Crockett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Max Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Chiswell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Locust Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Rowe Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Siloam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Speedwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Ivanhoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Anawalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Elkhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Bishop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Kyle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Northfork
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thorpe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Gary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Big Four
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Kimball
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newhall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Welch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <1>
- War
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Bluefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Yards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Nemours
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Littlesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Edison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Flipping
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Bramwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Montcalm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Blake ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Monroe County (WV)
- Peterstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Rhodell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rhodell is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Eastgulf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf
- Helen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Summers County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Pipestem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Bud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Mullens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woosley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stowersville, see our County-by-County Page for Stowersville.
Cemeteries Near Stowersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stowersville.
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 Stowersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stowersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Maple Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mullin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Bailey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Compton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 in 1895, Stowersville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stowersville, with the one closest to Stowersville listed first.
- Grapefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grapefield is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapefield
- Cove Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Clear Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Fork is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Bluefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Shawver Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Byron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Falls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Burkes Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rocky Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Ada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ada is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Bailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bailey is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stowersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stowersville.
Newspapers Published in Stowersville ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stowersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stowersville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stowersville.
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 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 Stowersville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Giles County
- Pulaski County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Wythe County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Raleigh County
- Summers 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 Stowersville, 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- Stowersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |