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 Sunset Village (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 Sunset Village. 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.
Name Variations for Sunset Village ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sunset Village: Sunset Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Newspapers Published in Sunset Village ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunset Village, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunset Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sunset Village:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Sunset Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunset Village.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunset Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunset Village, with the one closest to Sunset Village listed first.
- Sherwood Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- The Sherwood Burial Park has also been known as:
- Sherwood Cemetery
- Sherwood Memorial Park
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Burial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #728583 <2>
- Loury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loury Cemetery
- East Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Hill Cemetery
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
- Williams Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Memorial Park
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located in Roanoke.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Cedar Lawn Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Lawn Burial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Lawn Burial Park
- Peters Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peters Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peters Creek Cemetery
- Church Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church Hill Cemetery
- Jonathan Tosh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jonathan Tosh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jonathan Tosh Cemetery
- Evergreen Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- The Evergreen Burial Park has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Burial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50174 <2>
- Continue List (693 more) ...
- Memorial Bridge Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Bridge Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Bridge Park
- Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
- Cain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cain Cemetery
- Memorial Bridge Park
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 Sunset Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunset Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunset Village, with the one closest to Sunset Village listed first.
- Cave Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Roanoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Roanoke is located in Roanoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,058 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <5>
- Hollins
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Hollins is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollins <5>
- Vinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Vinton is located in Roanoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <5>
- Poages Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poages Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poages Mill
- Poages Mill is located in Roanoke County
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverdale <5>
- Catawba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catawba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catawba <5>
- Leslie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Bonsack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Moomaw ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Coyner Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyner Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyner Springs
- Coyner Springs is located in Botetourt County
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Daleville is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daleville <5>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Airpoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Naff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Amsterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Airpoint
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunset Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunset Village.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunset Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sunset Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunset Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2996, Longitude: -80.0214 In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Sunset Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |