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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Furnace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Furnace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Furnace, please Contact Us.
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 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 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Furnace is historic, it would have been located within present day Hardy County.
To see how the shape of West 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 Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Furnace:
- Hardy County (The home county of Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Wardensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Inkerman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Lost City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mathias
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Durgon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Lahmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Medley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arthur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Dorcas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Seymourville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Lehew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Augusta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Capon Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Romney
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Slanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Vance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Three Churches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Good
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Clarke County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- White Post
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fauquier County (VA)
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Mountain Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Lehew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Fawcett Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rock Enon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Middletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Stephens City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tulip
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Day - Mar Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Hayfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Echo Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Chambersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Page County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Rileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kimball
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Leaksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Rappahannock County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Chester Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Rockingham County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Plains Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Criders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Broadway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cootes Store
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Fulks Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Zepp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Columbia Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Maurertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Strasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Waterlick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bentonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Overall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Limeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Riverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Royal Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Viscose City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Front Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Applewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Winchester City (VA)
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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 Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clagett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Patmos Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunset View Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Pike Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Furnace, with the one closest to Furnace listed first.
- Wardensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Van Buren Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Furnace
- Perry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perry is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Zepp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Alonzaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alonzaville is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzaville
- Saint Luke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Luke is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Luke
- Saumsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saumsville is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saumsville
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Rio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisville is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Gravel Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Capon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Columbia Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Furnace.
Newspapers Published in 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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Furnace, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Furnace.
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 Furnace:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Clarke County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |