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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 Dickeys Mountain (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 Dickeys Mountain. 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.

Name Variations for Dickeys Mountain ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Dickeys Mountain: Dickeys Mtn. (or less commonly used: Dickeys Mntn.)
  • While the name of this community is Dickeys Mountain, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dickeys Mountain may originally have been Dickey's Mountain.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dickeys Mountain might be written as Dickey Mountain.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and 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.

Dickeys Mountain is located in Fulton County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fulton County: Allegany (MD), Washington (MD), Bedford, Franklin & Huntingdon.

Below are the counties that are near Dickeys Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dickeys Mountain:

  • Fulton County     (The home county of Dickeys Mountain)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Covalt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Covalt is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
    • Websters Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
    • Needmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Dott is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
    • Warfordsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sipes Mill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • McConnellsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Emmaville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Emmaville is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
    • Harrisonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
    • Crystal Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
    • Akersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Akersville is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
  • Bedford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Robinsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Robinsonville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Purcell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Purcell is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
    • Breezewood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Everett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Graceville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Graceville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
    • Hopewell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coaldale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Coaldale is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Mount Dallas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Dallas is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dallas
    • Ott Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ott Town is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
    • Rainsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Bedford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Charlesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Charlesville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Claylick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Claylick is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
    • Mercersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cove Gap
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
    • Dickey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dickey is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
    • Welsh Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Welsh Run is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Run
    • Markes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Markes is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markes
    • Fort Loudon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rockdale is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Williamson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Williamson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
    • Milnor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Milnor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
    • Cowans Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
    • Saint Thomas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntingdon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Maddensville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
    • Selea
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Selea is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
    • Robertsdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
    • Broad Top City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
    • Cooks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
    • Dudley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
    • Joller ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Joller is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
    • Kimmel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
    • Three Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Neelyton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
    • Coalmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Pogue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
  • Allegany County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Little Orleans
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Ridge is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Keifers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Keifers is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
    • Flintstone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Town Creek ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Town Creek is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
    • Rush
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rush is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
  • Frederick County (MD)
    • Pleasant Walk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
  • Washington County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Hancock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <2>
    • Big Pool
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Clear Spring
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Wilson - Conococheague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson - Conococheague is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson - Conococheague
    • Pearre
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearre is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
    • Huyett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Huyett is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huyett
    • Maugansville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Williamsport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamsport Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamsport Station is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Station
    • Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Halfway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway is located in Washington County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Berkeley County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Little Georgetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
    • Hedgesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Falling Waters
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bedington is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
    • Martinsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Swan Pond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond
    • Scrabble
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Scrabble is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Arden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Arden is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
    • Baker Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Baker Heights is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Heights
    • Darkesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Darkesville is located in Berkeley County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkesville
    • Gerrardstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Inwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Hampshire County (WV)
    • Okonoko
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Okonoko is located in Hampshire County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
  • Jefferson County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Shepherdstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bardane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bardane is located in Jefferson County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardane
  • Morgan County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.
    • Sleepy Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
    • Hancock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Cherry Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
    • Holton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Holton is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
    • Bath
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
    • Berkeley Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Berryville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Berryville is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
    • Woodmont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
    • Orleans Cross Roads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
    • Stotlers Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
    • Doe Gully
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
    • Hansrote
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dickeys Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for Dickeys Mountain.

Cemeteries Near Dickeys Mountain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dickeys Mountain.

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 Dickeys Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dickeys Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.

  • Stone Bridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Community Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Orchard Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Church of God Corners Cemetery
  • Hill Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Thomas Graveyard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wink Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alpine Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mahnes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (245 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Park Head Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Big Spring Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dickeys Mountain had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dickeys Mountain, with the one closest to Dickeys Mountain listed first.

  • Plum Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Plum Run is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
  • Sylvan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sylvan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
  • Covalt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Covalt is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
  • Websters Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
  • Big Cove Tannery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Big Cove Tannery is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove Tannery
  • Needmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Warfordsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dott is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
  • Hancock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hancock is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <2>
  • Hancock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
  • Sleepy Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
  • Sipes Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Claylick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Claylick is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
    • Mercersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dickeys Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickeys Mountain.

Newspapers Published in Dickeys Mountain ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickeys Mountain.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dickeys Mountain, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dickeys Mountain.

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 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 Dickeys Mountain:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Dickeys Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Dickeys Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.