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 Ajax (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 Ajax. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Ajax is located in Mingo County .
To see how the shape of West 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 Mingo County : Martin (KY) , Pike (KY) , Buchanan (VA) , Lincoln , Logan , McDowell , Wayne & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Ajax. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ajax:
Mingo County (The home county of Ajax)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Myrtle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Greyeagle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Greyeagle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle Kermit (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Chattaroy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Chattaroy is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Dingess (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Dingess is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess Williamson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Delbarton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Sprigg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Matewan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Blackberry City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Musick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Manila (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Manila is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Havana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Havana is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Hewett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hewett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett Clothier (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clothier is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier Jeffrey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Jeffrey is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Ottawa (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ottawa is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Turtle Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Turtle Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek Greenview (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Greenview is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Powell Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Powell Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Creek Ramage (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ramage is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage Secoal (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Secoal is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secoal Layville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Layville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Harts (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Wewanta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Wewanta is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta Spears ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Spears is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Kinder ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kinder is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Palermo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Palermo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo Myra (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Myra is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Sheridan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Sheridan is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Troy Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Troy Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town Whirlwind (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Whirlwind is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind Holden (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Holden is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Hedgeview (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hedgeview is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview Thompson Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Thompson Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town Whitman (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Omar (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wilkinson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Logan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Stirrat (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Switzer (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer West Logan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
McDowell County
Wyoming City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Stonecoal (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Wilsondale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Wilsondale is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale Doane (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Doane is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane Dunlow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Kiahsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Cove Gap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Effie (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Effie is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie East Lynn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
East Lynn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Nestlow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Nestlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow Armilda (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Armilda is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda Fort Gay (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Fort Gay is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Mineral Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Wyoming County
Cub City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Floyd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Betsy Layne (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Ivel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Stanville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Tram (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Tram is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram Banner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Harold (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Harold is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Auxier (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Auxier is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier Allen (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Allen is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
Allen has also been known as:
Beaver Creek Junction Beaver Creek Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
Dwale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Dwale is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale Watergap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Watergap is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergap Prestonsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Dana is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Johnson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Butcher Hollow (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Whitehouse (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Meally (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Meally is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally Williamsport (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Williamsport is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Lowmansville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lowmansville is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowmansville Nero (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Nero is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Van Lear (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Thelma (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Thelma is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma Tutor Key (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Tutor Key is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key West Van Lear (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear East Point (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hagerhill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill Lawrence County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Clifford (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Maynard ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Peach Orchard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Patrick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Richardson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Ben Bow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow Gallup ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Gallup is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Ulysses ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ulysses is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses Georges Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek Bumblebee ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bumblebee is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee Charley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Charley is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley Torchlight ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Torchlight is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torchlight Martin County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Lovely (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Lovely is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Pilgrim (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Warfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Beauty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Beauty is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Hode (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Hode is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode Debord (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Inez (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Tomahawk (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
South Williamson (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Forest Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Toler (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Toler is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler Belfry (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hardy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Sidney (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Canada (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Varney (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Varney is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Huddy (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Huddy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy Buskirk (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McAndrews (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews McCarr (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Buchanan County (VA)
Kelsa (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ajax, see our County-by-County Page for Ajax .
Cemeteries Near Ajax ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ajax.
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 Ajax - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ajax covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Ferrell Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Meade Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Clark Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Collins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Harden Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Waldron Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Stepp Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Vernatter Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mountain View Memory Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hensley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hensley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (861 more) ...
Davis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Parsley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Webb 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 Ajax in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ajax.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ajax, with the one closest to Ajax listed first.
Warfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Pilgrim (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rural (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Rural is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Stonecoal (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Canada (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Inez (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Oilville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Oilville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville Dunlow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Thomas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Thomas is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Gulnare (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Gulnare is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare Pinsonfork (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork Clifford (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Continue List (15 more) ...
Chapmanville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Fourteen ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Fourteen is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Kiahsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ajax. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ajax .
Newspapers Published in Ajax ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ajax.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ajax, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Ajax.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ajax:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mingo County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Lincoln County Logan County McDowell County Wayne County Wyoming County Floyd County Johnson County Lawrence County Martin County Pike County Buchanan County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ajax. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Ajax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ajax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.