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 Cove Creek (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 Cove Creek. 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 Cove Creek ...
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.
Another variation: Covecreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Cove Creek: Cove Crk. (or less commonly used: Cove Ck. or Cove Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cove Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cove Creek.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tazewell County: Bland, Buchanan, Russell, Smyth, McDowell (WV) & Mercer (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Cove Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cove Creek:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Cove Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Shawver Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Saint Clair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Bluefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Falls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Yards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Boissevain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Abbs Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Five Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Wittens Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Adria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Bastian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hicksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Mechanicsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Bearwallow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Shumate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Glen Lyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Narrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thessalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Lurich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Rich Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Hilton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Atkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Rural Retreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Rowe Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Max Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Chiswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Speedwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Locust Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Siloam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Ivanhoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Anawalt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Bishop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Elkhorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Kyle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Thorpe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Keystone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Northfork
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newhall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Gary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Big Four
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Kimball
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- War
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Welch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Welch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <1>
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Yards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Bluefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nemours
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bramwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coopers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Littlesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Flipping
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Edison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Coaldale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Montcalm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Raleigh County (WV)
- Rhodell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rhodell is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Bud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Mullens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woosley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cove Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Cove Creek.
Cemeteries Near Cove Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cove Creek.
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 Cove Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cove Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grandview Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mullin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Billips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McMullen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Burkes Garden Central Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Cove Creek had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cove Creek, with the one closest to Cove Creek listed first.
- Shawver Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Grapefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grapefield is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapefield
- Stowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stowersville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowersville
- Saint Clair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Burkes Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Fork is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Bailey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Falls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Gratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gratton is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratton
- Bluefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Effna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Effna is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effna
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hicksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cove Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cove Creek.
Newspapers Published in Cove Creek ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cove Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cove Creek, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cove Creek.
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 either 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 Cove Creek:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Giles County
- Pulaski County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Raleigh County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Cove Creek, 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' (or 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- Cove Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |