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 Hazelhurst (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 Hazelhurst. 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.
Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hazelhurst:
- Garrett County (The home county of Hazelhurst)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Swanton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kitzmiller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loch Lynn Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Mountain Lake Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Schell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Bittinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Accident
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Luke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Luke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Lonaconing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Klondike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Borden Shaft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
- Midlothian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Midlothian is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midlothian
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Markleysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Ohiopyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Listonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Ursina
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Confluence
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Boynton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Coal Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Summit Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Mills is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Mills
- Draketown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Markleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Meyersdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Meyersdale is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Meyersdale
- Meyersdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Bayard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Greenland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenland is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Medley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Lahmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Romney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Romney is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <1>
- Ritters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Vance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Harrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Schell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Elk Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Windom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Sulphur City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Piedmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hartmansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- New Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keyser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Headsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Short Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Orr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Terra Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Hazelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Shoe Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Lenox
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Salt Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Morgans Glade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Albright
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sell is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Kingwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brandonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Tucker County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Pierce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Davis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hazelhurst, see our County-by-County Page for Hazelhurst.
Cemeteries Near Hazelhurst ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hazelhurst.
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 Hazelhurst - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hazelhurst covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Georges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beckman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swanton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Glade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pritts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ferndale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ferndale Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Oakland.
- The Ferndale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ferndale Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80959 <3>
- Mayle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Moon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paughs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hazelhurst in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hazelhurst.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hazelhurst, with the one closest to Hazelhurst listed first.
- Altamont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Mountain Lake Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Harrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Chaffee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chaffee is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
- McHenry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Schell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Elk Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Barnum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barnum is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Kearney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kearney is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hazelhurst. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazelhurst.
Newspapers Published in Hazelhurst ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazelhurst.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hazelhurst, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hazelhurst.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hazelhurst:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Garrett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Fayette County
- Somerset County
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Preston 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hazelhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hazelhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |