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 Moss Run (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 Moss Run. 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.
Moss Run is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Athens, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Pleasants (WV), Tyler (WV) & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Moss Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moss Run:
- Washington County (The home county of Moss Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Gasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gasville is located in Washington County
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- Steel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County
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- Deucher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deucher is located in Washington County
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- Dalzell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
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- Whipple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
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- Yankeeburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County
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- Newell Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County
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- Wade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wade is located in Washington County
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- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County
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- Lower Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Sandhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County
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- Grand View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grand View is located in Washington County
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- Devola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Devola is located in Washington County
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- Athens County
- Youba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youba is located in Athens County
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- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Graysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Stafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Fly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fly is located in Monroe County
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- Antioch
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Edwina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
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- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County
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- Lewisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Benwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benwood is located in Monroe County
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- Woodsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laings
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Laings is located in Monroe County
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- Sardis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County
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- Coats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Hackney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
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- Reinersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
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- Stockport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Neelysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Todds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
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- Chesterhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Harriettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harriettsville is located in Noble County
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- Crooked Tree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
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- Dexter City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Dungannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
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- South Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
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- Fulda
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
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- Ashton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
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- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
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- Sarahsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Whigville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
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- Olive Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
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- Doddridge County (WV)
- Duckworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- Pleasants County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Willow Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Saint Marys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- DeLong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Horseneck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Schultz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Sugar Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Adlai
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Ritchie County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- League
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Petroleum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Ellenboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwallis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rusk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Pennsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Harrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Cokeleys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Stanley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Tyler County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Friendly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Adonis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Meadville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Sistersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plum Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- McKim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McKim is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Middlebourne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Paden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Blue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Big Moses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
- Iuka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Atwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- New Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County (WV)
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- Childs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County (WV)
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- Proctor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wirt County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Freeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Greencastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newark is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Williamstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boaz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boaz is located in Wood County (WV)
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- Parkers Towne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Towne
- Valley Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County (WV)
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- Dallison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dallison is located in Wood County (WV)
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- North Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Hills is located in Wood County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Vienna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Blennerhassett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Mineral Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Mineral Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lubeck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moss Run, see our County-by-County Page for Moss Run.
Cemeteries Near Moss Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moss Run.
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 Moss Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moss Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Moss Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dye Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chambers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ludwig Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (716 more) ...
- Hearn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowersock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrence Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Moss Run had a population of 172 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moss Run, with the one closest to Moss Run listed first.
- Cow Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cow Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Run
- Fay
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fay is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
- Sitka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Gracey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gracey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Gasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gasville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasville
- Caywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Caywood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caywood
- Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Steel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Heslop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heslop is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heslop
- Dell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Archers Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Archers Fork is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archers Fork
- Wingett Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wingett Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingett Run
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stanleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stanleyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Yankeeburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Newell Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moss Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moss Run.
Newspapers Published in Moss Run ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moss Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moss Run, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moss Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Moss Run:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Doddridge County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Tyler County
- Wetzel County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Moss Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moss Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |