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 Williams Fork (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 Williams Fork. 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 Williams Fork ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Williams Fork: Williams Frk.
- While the name of this community is Williams Fork, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Williams Fork may originally have been William's Fork.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Williams Fork might be written as William Fork.
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.
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.
Williams Fork 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 Williams Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williams Fork:
- Greene County (The home county of Williams Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Amicus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Stanardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Kinderhook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Dawsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Cedarmere
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Earlysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Free Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hollymead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Logan Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Burnley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Gilbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Jefferson Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Mountfair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Grottoes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crimora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Dooms
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Weyers Cave
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fishersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Lipscomb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Locust Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Charlottesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 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 Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Waylands Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Griffinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Norman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Meltons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Medlock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Trevilians
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Hood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wolftown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Aroda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Syria
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Tryme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Peola Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Afton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Onan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Greenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Barboursville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grassland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Verbena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Marksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leaksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Slate Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Scrabble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Sperryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Swift Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Elkton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McGaheysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Massanutten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Goods Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Keezletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Massanetta Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- North River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Shenandoah County
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williams Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Williams Fork.
Cemeteries Near Williams Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williams Fork.
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 Williams Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williams Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Otterbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterbine Cemetery
- The Otterbine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vernon Family Cemetery
- Huckstep Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mitchell - Davis Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parrott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Powell Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Christian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Runkle Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garth Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Top Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geer - Southard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Wyatt Mtn. Mission Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gentry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sinai Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Williams Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williams Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williams Fork, with the one closest to Williams Fork listed first.
- Amicus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Stanardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Quinque
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- McMullen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McMullen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Earlysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Swift Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Free Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ruckersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rivanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Dawsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Wolftown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williams Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williams Fork.
Newspapers Published in Williams Fork ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williams Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williams Fork, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williams Fork.
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 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 Williams Fork:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Fluvanna County
- Harrisonburg City
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Waynesboro City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Williams Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williams Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |