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 Walton Furnace (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 Walton Furnace. 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.
Walton Furnace is located in Wythe 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 Wythe County: Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski & Smyth.
Below are the counties that are near Walton Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walton Furnace:
- Wythe County (The home county of Walton Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Siloam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Austinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanhoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Chiswell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Locust Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Crockett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Speedwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rural Retreat
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Bland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bastian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Round Bottom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Sheep Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Shorts Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sylvatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Dugspur
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Drenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Fancy Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Indian Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Duncan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Galax City
- Galax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Shumate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Fries
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elk Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Low Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Childress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Riner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County
- Ararat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Draper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Hilton Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Wurno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Newbern
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Dublin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Fairlawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Parrott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Radford Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Atkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Little Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Shawver Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Edmonds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hooker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Amelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
- Glade Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Piney Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Low Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Blake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- East River ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Bluefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walton Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Walton Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Walton Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walton Furnace.
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 Walton Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walton Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Trigg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fosters Falls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Graham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- James McGavock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacob McGavock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burnett - Hanks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (627 more) ...
- Burnett - Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pickett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Creek - Frazier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Walton Furnace had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walton Furnace, with the one closest to Walton Furnace listed first.
- Austinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanhoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fosters Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fosters Falls is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Falls
- Grahams Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Shorts Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Bertha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bertha is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Max Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barren Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grayson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grayson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Sylvatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Kayoulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kayoulah is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayoulah
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wytheville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cripple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cripple Creek is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Stevens Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stevens Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walton Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walton Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Walton Furnace ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walton Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walton Furnace, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walton Furnace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Walton Furnace:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Wythe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Giles County
- Grayson County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Alleghany County
- Surry County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Walton Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Walton Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |