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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 Syria (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 Syria. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Syria is located in Madison County.

To see how the shape of Virginia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Culpeper, Greene, Orange, Page & Rappahannock.

Below are the counties that are near Syria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Syria:

  • Madison County     (The home county of Syria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Peola Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tryme
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tryme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tryme
      • From Syria to Tryme
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Madison is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <3>
    • Hood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wolftown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Aroda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnt Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Advance Mills Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Advance Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedarmere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarmere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cedarmere
      • From Syria to Cedarmere
    • Burnley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burnley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burnley
      • From Syria to Burnley
    • Boonesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilbert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gilbert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gilbert
      • From Syria to Gilbert
    • Earlysville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Hollymead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollymead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
    • Free Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
      • Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Monacan Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monacan Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
      • Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
  • Augusta County
  • Culpeper County
  • Fauquier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Orlean
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterloo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waterloo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Waterloo
      • From Syria to Waterloo
    • Remington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
      • Remington is located in Fauquier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <3>
    • Turnbull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turnbull. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
      • Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Turnbull
      • From Syria to Turnbull
    • Opal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bealeton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanardsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanardsville
      • Stanardsville is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanardsville <3>
    • Dawsonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dawsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dawsonville
      • From Syria to Dawsonville
    • Quinque
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Amicus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amicus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Amicus
      • From Syria to Amicus
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarmere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cedarmere
      • From Syria to Cedarmere
  • Harrisonburg City
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Meltons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Green Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange County
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • Marksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Page County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <3>
    • Kimball
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimball. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kimball
      • From Syria to Kimball
    • Leaksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Luray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shenandoah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
      • Shenandoah is located in Page County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shenandoah <3>
    • Verbena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verbena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Verbena
      • From Syria to Verbena
    • Rileyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Rappahannock County
  • Rockingham County
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.
    • New Market
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
      • Mount Jackson is located in Shenandoah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,144 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Jackson <3>
    • Seven Fountains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Edinburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rinkerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rinkerton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rinkerton
      • From Syria to Rinkerton
    • Willow Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willow Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
      • Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Willow Grove
      • From Syria to Willow Grove
    • Dilbeck
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dilbeck. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
      • Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dilbeck
      • From Syria to Dilbeck
    • Woodstock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Calvary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calvary. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
      • Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Calvary
      • From Syria to Calvary
  • Warren County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Syria, see our County-by-County Page for Syria.

Cemeteries Near Syria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Syria.

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 Syria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Syria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Syria.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Syria, with the one closest to Syria listed first.

  • Criglersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Criglersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
    • Criglersville is located in Madison County
  • Haywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haywood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Haywood is located in Madison County
  • Graves Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graves Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Mill
    • Graves Mill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graves Mill <3>
  • Peola Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Nethers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nethers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
    • Nethers is located in Madison County
  • Fletcher
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fletcher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Fletcher is located in Greene County
  • Slate Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ida
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
    • Ida is located in Page County
  • Hood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wolftown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hawlin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin
    • Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County
  • Pratts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Pratts is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pratts <3>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Leon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Madison County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
    • Marksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jollett
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jollett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
      • Jollett is located in Page County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Syria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Syria.

Newspapers Published in Syria ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Syria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Syria, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Syria.

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 Syria:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Syria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Syria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Syria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Syria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4881, Longitude: -78.3268    









 

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