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 Bean Settlement (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 Bean Settlement. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Bean Settlement is located in Hardy 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 Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Bean Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bean Settlement:
- Hardy County (The home county of Bean Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Inkerman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Baker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Fort Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wardensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lost City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durgon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Mathias
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Peru
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Lahmansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Medley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arthur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Dorcas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Pansy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hopeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Bayard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Sedan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Romney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vance
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Three Churches
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Ritters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- North River Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Capon Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Higginsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Headsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- New Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Keyser
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sulphur City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Elk Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Ashby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Windom ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Ketterman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Luke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rawlings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Frost ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Kitzmiller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Mountain Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Rock Enon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Fawcett Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rosenberger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Hayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Good
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Nordic Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Rockingham County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Criders
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Tunis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Columbia Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Zepp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Orkney Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Maurertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Mount Clifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Warren County (VA)
- Waterlick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bean Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Bean Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Bean Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bean Settlement.
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 Bean Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bean Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heare Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clagett Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mountaindale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Bean Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bean Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bean Settlement, with the one closest to Bean Settlement listed first.
- Doman ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Inkerman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Old Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
- Kirby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Moorefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Purgitsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Purgitsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgitsville
- Ruckman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wardensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Williamsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Rockland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bean Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bean Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Bean Settlement ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bean Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bean Settlement, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bean Settlement.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bean Settlement:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Frederick County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren 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> | 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 Bean Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bean Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |