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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 West View Terrace (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 West View Terrace. 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.

Name Variations for West View Terrace ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for West View Terrace: W. View Ter. (or less commonly used: W. View Terr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near West View Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West View Terrace.

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 West View Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monticello Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monticello Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monticello Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • University Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the University Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the University Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jefferson Tomb
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Tomb
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monticello Graveyard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monticello Graveyard
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monticello Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griffin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chestnut Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Slate Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slate Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slate Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Wake Forest Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wake Forest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wake Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Ash Lawn Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ash Lawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ash Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chapman Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapman Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapman Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

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

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

  • Simeon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
    • Simeon is located in Albemarle County
  • Overton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
    • Overton is located in Albemarle County
  • Rio
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Rio is located in Albemarle County
  • Eastham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eastham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
    • Eastham is located in Albemarle County
  • Hydraulic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hydraulic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
    • Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
  • Ivy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blenheim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blenheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenheim
    • Blenheim is located in Albemarle County
  • Keswick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Proffit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proffit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
    • Proffit is located in Albemarle County
  • Rivanna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivanna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
    • Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
  • Woodridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
    • Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
  • North Garden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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    • Earlysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Earlysville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlysville
      • Earlysville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlysville <5>
    • Millington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
      • Millington is located in Albemarle County
    • Free Union
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in West View Terrace ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around West View Terrace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West View Terrace, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West View Terrace.

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 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 West View Terrace:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 West View Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West View Terrace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West View Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0190, Longitude: -78.4928       In this case, the coordinates for West View Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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