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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 Upper Pocosin (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 Upper Pocosin. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Upper Pocosin is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albemarle, Madison, Orange, Page & Rockingham.

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Upper Pocosin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
    • Stanardsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Amicus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Quinque
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Dawsonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Cedarmere
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Boonesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Advance Mills Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
    • Advance Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
      • Advance Mills has also been known as:
      • Fray's Mills
    • Earlysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Free Union
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Burnley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
    • Gilbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Hollymead
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
    • Jefferson Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
    • Mountfair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
    • Logan Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyers Cave
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sampson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Crimora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dooms
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Charlottesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Belmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Culpeper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Waylands Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
    • Griffinsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Norman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Norman is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Salem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Salem is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Culpeper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Eggbornsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Homeland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Homeland is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Rixeyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Meltons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
    • Green Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Hood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolftown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Syria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Aroda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Radiant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Peola Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
    • Burnt Tree
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
    • Tryme
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Madison Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Montpelier Station
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison Run
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
    • Gordonsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Grassland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Grassland is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • True Blue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • True Blue is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Verbena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Shenandoah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Marksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Stanley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Leaksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Luray
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kimball
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Rileyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Rappahannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Slate Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Scrabble
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Woodville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Sperryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rediviva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
    • Washington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • Swift Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • Elkton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Berrytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
    • Massanutten
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McGaheysville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Montevideo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Keezletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lacey Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Goods Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Melrose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Cross Keys
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Massanetta Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pocosin, with the one closest to Upper Pocosin listed first.
    • New Market
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Rinkerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
    • Mount Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Edinburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Willow Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
  • Warren County
    • Overall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Overall is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall

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

Cemeteries Near Upper Pocosin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Pocosin.

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 Upper Pocosin - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Pocosin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • South River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lower Pocosin Mission Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Shifflett Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Taylor - Fletcher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hensley Community Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hensley Community Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Elkton.
    • The Hensley Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hensley UMC Cemetery
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lydia Free Pentecostal Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. James Mission Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Temple Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (409 more) ...
    • Mt. Coland Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Samuels Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Shiloh Church Of The Brethren Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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 Upper Pocosin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Pocosin.

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

  • Fletcher
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fletcher is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • McMullen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • McMullen is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
  • Jollett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jollett is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
  • Swift Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
  • Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Furnace is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Hood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Graves Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stanardsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wolftown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
  • Verbena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Verbena is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
  • Shenandoah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Amicus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Criglersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Criglersville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criglersville
    • Ingham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingham is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham

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

Newspapers Published in Upper Pocosin ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Pocosin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Pocosin, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Pocosin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Upper Pocosin:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Upper Pocosin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Upper Pocosin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.