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 Gilpin (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 Gilpin. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Gilpin is located in Allegany County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegany County: Garrett, Washington, Bedford (PA), Fulton (PA), Somerset (PA), Hampshire (WV), Mineral (WV) & Morgan (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Gilpin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gilpin:
- Allegany County (The home county of Gilpin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Flintstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rush is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Town Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Green Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Little Orleans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ellerslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Mount Savage Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shanty Town is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Keifers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keifers is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
- Corriganville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Garrett County
- Avilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Pearre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pearre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Big Pool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bedford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Beans Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Cooks Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Purcell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Rainsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rainsburg is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Hyndman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robinsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Charlesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Charlesville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Manns Choice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ott Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ott Town is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
- Everett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Warfordsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dott is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
- Emmaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Covalt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Covalt is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
- Crystal Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Needmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sipes Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Akersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Pleasant Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Websters Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Valley-Hi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Fairhope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wellersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Johnsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Callimont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Callimont is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Wittenberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wittenberg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- New Baltimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Hays Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Mill is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Glade City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glade City is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade City
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downey is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Pine Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Meyersdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Good
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Shockeysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shockeysville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockeysville
- Cross Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siler is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Nordic Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Okonoko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- Donaldson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Points is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Higginsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Ritters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Three Churches
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Slanesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Wapocomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Vance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- North River Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Good
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Wiley Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carpendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Ridgeley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Ashby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Headsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Keyser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piedmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Doe Gully
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Orleans Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Hansrote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Paw Paw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
- Bath
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Berkeley Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Berryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Berryville is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Stotlers Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gilpin, see our County-by-County Page for Gilpin.
Cemeteries Near Gilpin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilpin.
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 Gilpin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gilpin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Lashley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Browning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinette Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Meadow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinette Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ruby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fifty-Four Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Gilpin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gilpin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gilpin, with the one closest to Gilpin listed first.
- Flintstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rush is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Town Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Elbinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elbinsville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbinsville
- Hazen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hazen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Beans Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Piney Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Chaneysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chaneysville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaneysville
- Doe Gully
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Little Orleans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Cooks Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oldtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Spring is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gilpin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilpin.
Newspapers Published in Gilpin ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilpin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilpin, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gilpin.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Gilpin:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garrett County
- Washington County
- Bedford County
- Fulton County
- Somerset County
- Frederick County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <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 Gilpin, 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' (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- Gilpin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |