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 Barksdale (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 Barksdale. 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 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.
Barksdale is located in Summers 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 Summers County: Giles (VA), Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe & Raleigh.
Below are the counties that are near Barksdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barksdale:
- Summers County (The home county of Barksdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Brooklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bellepoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Packs Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Nimitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Jumping Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Hilldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Buck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Talcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bargers Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Meadow Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Spring Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Prince
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quinnimont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Bellwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- McKendree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Maywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Clifftop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Alderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Frazier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Fort Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Rainelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- McRoss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Crawley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charmco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Kieffer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Orient Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Willowton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oakvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Lashmeet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East River ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East River is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Johnston Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Matoaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Blake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Creamery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wolfcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Ballard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Assurance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Wikel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Peterstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hollywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Carl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Runa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Abraham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Shady Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grandview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Royal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Clifftop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Daniels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beaver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Terry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Raleigh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Tilden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tilden is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Piney View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Stanaford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Sullivan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sullivan is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Mullens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Lurich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Rich Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bluff City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Narrows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pearisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shumate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shumate is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Kire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kire is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Pembroke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barksdale, see our County-by-County Page for Barksdale.
Cemeteries Near Barksdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barksdale.
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 Barksdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barksdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadows Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Adkins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Restwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upland Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Colmans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richmond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lilly - Crews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly - Crews Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lilly - Crews Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Nimitz.
- The Lilly - Crews Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crews Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960819 <2>
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery
- The Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Cemetery
- Hix Cemetery
- Goodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huffman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Barksdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barksdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barksdale, with the one closest to Barksdale listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brooks is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Hinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wiggins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wiggins is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins
- Sandstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Packs Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Jumping Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Hilldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Green Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Talcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- True
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Bargers Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barksdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barksdale.
Newspapers Published in Barksdale ...
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 Barksdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barksdale, 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 Barksdale.
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 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 Barksdale:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Summers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Wyoming County
- Giles 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Barksdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Barksdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |