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 Thayerville (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 Thayerville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Thayerville 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 Thayerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thayerville:
- Garrett County (The home county of Thayerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- McHenry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Loch Lynn Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- 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
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Accident
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bittinger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kitzmiller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hutton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Friendsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Schell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Luke
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Barton
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Lonaconing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Klondike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Ocean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Borden Shaft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
- Midlothian
(22 miles [35.4 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 Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Markleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elliottsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Ohiopyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haydentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Addison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Listonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Ursina
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Confluence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Boynton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Coal Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Draketown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Markleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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
- Meyersdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Bayard
(15 miles [24.1 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Greenland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Medley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Lahmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Hampshire County (WV)
- Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Schell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Windom ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Elk Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Piedmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sulphur City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Hartmansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- New Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keyser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Headsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Short Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Monongalia County (WV)
- Cheat Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Orr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Terra Alta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lenox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Hazelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morgans Glade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Carmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Salt Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Albright
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Brandonville
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Bruceton Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heathers Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Tucker County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville 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
- Coketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Davis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thayerville, see our County-by-County Page for Thayerville.
Cemeteries Near Thayerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thayerville.
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 Thayerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thayerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glendale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tatlor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferndale Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- North Glade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beckman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Georges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swanton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pritts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Hoyes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Thayerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thayerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thayerville, with the one closest to Thayerville listed first.
- McHenry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoyes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hoyes is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyes
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Mountain Lake Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Bittinger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skipnish ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skipnish is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipnish
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Cranesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cranesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hutton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Kearney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kearney is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thayerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thayerville.
Newspapers Published in Thayerville ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thayerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thayerville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thayerville.
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 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 Thayerville:
- 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
- Monongalia 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 '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- Thayerville) 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 Thayerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |