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 Mud Fork (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 Mud Fork. 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 Mud Fork ...
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: Mudfork.
- A typical abbreviation for Mud Fork: Mud Frk.
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.
Mud Fork 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 Mud Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mud Fork:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Mud Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Abbs Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Wittens Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Springville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Five Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Adria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Shraders
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Boissevain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Saint Clair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Shawver Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Tazewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Bastian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hicksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Bland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Mechanicsburg
(28 miles [45.1 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 Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Bearwallow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Jackson Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Matney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Mavisdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Russell County
- Dye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Ellendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Broadford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Atkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allison Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Saltville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Mile Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Adwolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 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 Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Rural Retreat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wytheville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Rowe Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Anawalt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Newhall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Thorpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Elkhorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Gary
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Keystone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Northfork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- War
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Kimball
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Yards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Bramwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Nemours
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Coaldale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Bluefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flipping
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Montcalm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Littlesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Edison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Raleigh County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Rhodell
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Eastgulf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf
- Helen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Bud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Woosley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Fanny
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Mullens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mullensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Rock View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Keyrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Baileysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Turkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mud Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Mud Fork.
Cemeteries Near Mud Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mud Fork.
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 Mud Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mud Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Sluss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Billips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Billips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dickenson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Graham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sinkford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mathena Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (547 more) ...
- Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Mud Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mud Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mud Fork, with the one closest to Mud Fork listed first.
- Wittens Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Springville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Bailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Shraders
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Five Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Gratton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gratton is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratton
- Shawver Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Saint Clair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Sayersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sayersville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Cove Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Falls Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Thompson Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Burkes Garden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mud Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mud Fork.
Newspapers Published in Mud Fork ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mud Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mud Fork, 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 Mud Fork.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Mud Fork:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Wythe 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 Mud Fork, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mud Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |