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 Tiptop (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 Tiptop. 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 and doctors 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.
Tiptop 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 Tiptop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tiptop:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Tiptop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Springville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Abbs Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Wittens Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Boissevain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Shawver Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Five Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Saint Clair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Adria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Shraders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Falls Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Little Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Bastian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hicksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Mechanicsburg
(27 miles [43.5 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 Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Bearwallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Jackson Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Matney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Russell County
- Dye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Ellendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Atkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Broadford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allison Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Seven Mile Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Saltville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adwolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- 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
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Rural Retreat
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crockett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wytheville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Rowe Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Speedwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Anawalt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Newhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Thorpe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Elkhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Gary
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Kyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Big Four
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Keystone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Northfork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- War
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Yukon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yukon is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Yards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Coopers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Nemours
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bramwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Coaldale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Bluefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flipping
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Littlesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Montcalm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Edison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Matoaka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Raleigh County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Rhodell
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Bud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Woosley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Mullens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mullensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fanny
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Stoneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Rock View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Keyrock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Baileysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Turkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Tiptop, see our County-by-County Page for Tiptop.
Cemeteries Near Tiptop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiptop.
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 Tiptop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tiptop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Sinkford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McDowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mathena Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Earls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ireson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harmon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (538 more) ...
- Harper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Billips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sluss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
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 Tiptop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tiptop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tiptop, with the one closest to Tiptop listed first.
- Springville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Bailey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Wittens Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Five Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Gratton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gratton is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratton
- Shawver Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Saint Clair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Shraders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Cove Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Falls Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burkes Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Coopers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tiptop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tiptop.
Newspapers Published in Tiptop ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiptop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiptop, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiptop.
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 Tiptop:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Raleigh 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 Tiptop, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tiptop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |