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 Sycamore Valley (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 Sycamore Valley. 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 Sycamore Valley ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sycamore Valley: Sycamore Vly. (or less commonly used: Sycamore Vally. or Sycamore Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sycamore Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sycamore Valley.
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.
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 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.
Sycamore Valley is located in Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County: Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt & Nelson.
Below are the counties that are near Sycamore Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sycamore Valley:
- Rockbridge County (The home county of Sycamore Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Kerrs Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Brownsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Marlbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Buffalo Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Fancy Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Griffith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Iron Gate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Selma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Low Moor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rich Patch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Alto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Forks of Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Allwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sandidges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Pedlar Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monitor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Craigsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spottswood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Steeles Tavern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marble Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Middlebrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Chapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapin is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Arbor Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Stuarts Draft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Millboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yost
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Bath Alum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Mitchelltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Warm Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Carloover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Burnsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burnsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Bolar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bolar is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolar
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Waugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Coleman Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Abert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Glen Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Rocky Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Gala
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Haden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Salt Petre Cave
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Strom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Lithia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Covington City
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland County
- Clover Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clover Creek is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Tyro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Bryant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sycamore Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Sycamore Valley.
Cemeteries Near Sycamore Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sycamore Valley.
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 Sycamore Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sycamore Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kerrs Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Monmouth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartbarger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moreland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Moreland Cemetery is located
- The Mt. Moreland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Moreland Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983694 <2>
- Old Monmouth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Collierstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lexington.
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158181 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Little River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bratton 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>
While we didn't find Sycamore Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sycamore Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sycamore Valley, with the one closest to Sycamore Valley listed first.
- Denmark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- California is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Collierstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collierstown is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collierstown
- East Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Timber Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Timber Ridge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Murat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Murat is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- South River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South River is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South River
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Decatur is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Crane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crane is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Brownsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sycamore Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sycamore Valley.
Newspapers Published in Sycamore Valley ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sycamore Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sycamore Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sycamore Valley.
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 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 Sycamore Valley:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockbridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Amherst County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Covington City
- Highland County
- Lexington City
- Nelson County
- Staunton City
- 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 Sycamore Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sycamore Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |