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 Artie (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 Artie. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Artie is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Artie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Artie:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Artie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Dorothy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Zada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Arnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sweeneyburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Naoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Montcoal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Packsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Stickney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Fairdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Harper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Whitesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Elk Run Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Orgas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Twilight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Cabot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Joes Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Bald Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bandytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Pax
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- McDunn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Kilsyth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Whipple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- White Oak Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Elkridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Wriston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redstar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Powellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Harvey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Ronda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Handley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Dry Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Cabin Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Glasgow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hugheston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Sodom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Braeholm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mineral City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Kistler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mallory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Dixie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Beech Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Albion ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Kopperston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Keyrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Oceana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Turkey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Mullens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mullensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Bud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Clear Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Sun Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Artie, see our County-by-County Page for Artie.
Cemeteries Near Artie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Artie.
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 Artie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Artie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Moles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hodge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Artie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dunbar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maynor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fulton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Workman Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Workman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ewing Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Artie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Artie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Artie, with the one closest to Artie listed first.
- Clear Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mossy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Cirtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Decota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Dry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Kincaid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kincaid is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Jarrolds Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Redbird
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Prosperity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Powellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Artie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Artie.
Newspapers Published in Artie ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Artie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Artie, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Artie.
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 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 Artie:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- Nicholas County
- Summers County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West 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 Artie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Artie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |