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 Gortner (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 Gortner. 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 and doctors 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.
Gortner is located in Garrett 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 Garrett County: Allegany, Fayette (PA), Somerset (PA), Grant (WV), Mineral (WV) & Preston (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Gortner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gortner:
- Garrett County (The home county of Gortner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Oakland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Loch Lynn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Red House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red House is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Mountain Lake Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Hutton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Fort Pendleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County
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- Schell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schell is located in Garrett County
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- Altamont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kitzmiller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McHenry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Luke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barton is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Lonaconing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County
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- Klondike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County
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- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Ocean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Markleysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elliottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Addison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ursina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Listonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Barbour County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Kasson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Valley Furnace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Kalamazoo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Clemtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clemtown is located in Barbour County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemtown
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Bayard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Greenland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Maysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Medley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lahmansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Hopeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampshire County (WV)
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Marion County (WV)
- Neel ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Neel is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Schell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
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- Harrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Elk Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartmansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Sulphur City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Shaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
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- Windom ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
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- New Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Piedmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keyser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Headsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Monongalia County (WV)
- Brookhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carmel is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Horse Shoe Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Terra Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Sell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sell is located in Preston County (WV)
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- Rowlesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
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- Albright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heathers Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Macomber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Macomber is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Kingwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Randolph County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Dryfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Harman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Knottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Tucker County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Pierce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Thomas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coketon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Davis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hambleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hendricks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Parsons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elk
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elk is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Gladwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Porterwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Pleasant Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gortner, see our County-by-County Page for Gortner.
Cemeteries Near Gortner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gortner.
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 Gortner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gortner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Gortner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nine Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beckman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fike / Wolfe Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wonderly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chisholm - Nydegger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Gortner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gortner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gortner, with the one closest to Gortner listed first.
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Oakland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Skipnish ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skipnish is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipnish
- Mountain Lake Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Hutton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Brookside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Fort Pendleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Gorman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Kearney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kearney is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carmel is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Eglon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eglon is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglon
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bayard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Gormania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gormania is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormania
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gortner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gortner.
Newspapers Published in Gortner ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gortner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gortner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gortner.
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 Gortner:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Garrett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Fayette County
- Somerset County
- Barbour County
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Marion County
- Mineral County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Randolph County
- Taylor County
- Tucker 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> | 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 Gortner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gortner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |