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 Kire (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 Kire. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Kire is located in Giles 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 Giles County: Bland, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Mercer (WV), Monroe (WV) & Summers (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Kire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kire:
- Giles County (The home county of Kire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Mountain Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Pembroke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eggleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Pearisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lurich
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Poplar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Glen Lyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bland County
- Mechanicsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Botetourt County
- Haymakertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Captain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Huffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Simmonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Abbott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Floyd County
- Terrys Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Mount Tabor Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- McBryde Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Blacksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Prices Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Bennetts Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Merrimac
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Ellett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Houchins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Christiansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Farm Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Elliston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Parrott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Cowan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Fairlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Dublin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newbern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Snowville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Hilton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Wurno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Simpkins Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Catawba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Wabun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Mason Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Hanging Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Bent Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Rockland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Alderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Frazier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Ronceverte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairlea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- White Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brink ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Richlands
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richlands is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Clendenenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clendenenville is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenenville
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Willowton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Elgood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Oakvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East River ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Wikel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Assurance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hollywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Wayside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Ballard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peterstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wolfcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Creamery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Summers County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Bargers Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Forest Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Riffe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riffe is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Talcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Buck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Hilldale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Bellepoint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- True is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Hinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pipestem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kire, see our County-by-County Page for Kire.
Cemeteries Near Kire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kire.
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 Kire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Kire Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fortner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dropping Lick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dropping Lick Cemetery
- The Dropping Lick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dropping Lick UMC Cemetery
- Ballard - Harvey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chambers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clover Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Boyds Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leffel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Kire in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kire.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kire, with the one closest to Kire listed first.
- Captain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Zenith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zenith is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Mountain Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Waiteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waiteville is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waiteville
- Crimson Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crimson Springs is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimson Springs
- Rock Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Camp is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
- Lindside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maybrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maybrook is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
- Salt Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Salt Sulphur Springs is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Sulphur Springs
- Huffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Simmonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Lillydale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lillydale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Assurance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Kimballton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kimballton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimballton
- Pembroke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kire.
Newspapers Published in Kire ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kire, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kire.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Kire:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Botetourt County
- Craig County
- Floyd County
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Roanoke County
- Salem City
- Greenbrier County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Summers 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 Kire, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |