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 Tabors (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 Tabors. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Tabors is located in Tazewell 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 Tazewell County: Bland, Buchanan, Russell, Smyth, McDowell (WV) & Mercer (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Tabors. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tabors:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Tabors)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Boissevain
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Saint Clair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Pocahontas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Falls Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Springville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Abbs Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Bluefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shawver Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Wittens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Five Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Hicksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bastian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Bland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 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 Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Bearwallow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Jackson Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Glen Lyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Shumate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Lurich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Ellendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Atkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Broadford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Rural Retreat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wytheville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Max Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Anawalt
(6 miles [9.7 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Kyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Thorpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Keystone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Northfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gary
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Kimball
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newhall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- War
(16 miles [25.7 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 Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Bramwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Nemours
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Bluefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flipping
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Montcalm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Littlesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Edison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Raleigh County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Rhodell
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf
- Helen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Ury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ury is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury
- Princewick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Princewick is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick
- Slab Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork
- Stotesbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Summers County (WV)
- Pipestem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Bud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Woosley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Mullens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mullensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Fanny
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Wyoming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Keyrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Rock View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Baileysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Turkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tabors, see our County-by-County Page for Tabors.
Cemeteries Near Tabors ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tabors.
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 Tabors - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tabors covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Epperson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Billips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dickenson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- French Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wagner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Perdus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dudley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Billips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wagner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Tabors in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tabors.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tabors, with the one closest to Tabors listed first.
- Bailey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Saint Clair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Pocahontas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Springville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Falls Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Bramwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Freeman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Shawver Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Cove Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Switchback
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Switchback is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switchback
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Maybeury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wittens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tabors. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tabors.
Newspapers Published in Tabors ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tabors.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tabors, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tabors.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Tabors:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Giles County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- McDowell County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Tabors, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tabors) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |