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 Belo (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 Belo. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Belo 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 Belo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belo:
Mingo County (The home county of Belo)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Myrtle (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Delbarton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Chattaroy (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Chattaroy is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Dingess (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dingess is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess Williamson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Kermit (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Sprigg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Red Jacket (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Greyeagle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Greyeagle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle Blackberry City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Musick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Manila (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Manila is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Hewett (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hewett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett Clothier (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Clothier is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier Havana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Havana is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Jeffrey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Jeffrey is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Ottawa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ottawa is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Ramage (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ramage is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage Greenview (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Greenview is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Powell Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Powell Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Creek Secoal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Secoal is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secoal Turtle Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Turtle Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek Stark (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Stark is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Low Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Low Gap is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Harts (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wewanta (21 miles [33.8 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 north)
Spears is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Kinder ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Kinder is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Palermo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Palermo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Holden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Holden is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Troy Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Troy Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town Whitman (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Whirlwind (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Whirlwind is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind Hedgeview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeview is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview Thompson Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Thompson Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town Omar (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Stirrat (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Switzer (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Wilkinson (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Logan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
West Logan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Peach Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Peach Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Wyoming City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Panther (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Panther is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Stonecoal (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Wilsondale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Wilsondale is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale Doane (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Doane is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane Dunlow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Cove Gap (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Kiahsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Effie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Effie is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie Nestlow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Nestlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow East Lynn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
East Lynn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Armilda (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Armilda is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda Echo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Echo is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Fort Gay (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Cub City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Uno (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Sun Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Floyd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Betsy Layne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Ivel (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stanville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram Harold (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Harold is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Banner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Auxier (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Auxier is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier Dwale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Dwale is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale Allen (29 miles [46.7 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>
Dana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Dana is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Grethel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Grethel is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel Osborn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Osborn is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Prestonsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Johnson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Butcher Hollow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Whitehouse (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Meally (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Meally is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally Nero (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Nero is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Williamsport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Williamsport is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Lowmansville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lowmansville is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowmansville Thelma (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Thelma is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma Van Lear (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Tutor Key (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Tutor Key is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key West Van Lear (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear East Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Hagerhill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill Nippa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Nippa is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nippa Lawrence County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Clifford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Maynard ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Peach Orchard (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Patrick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Richardson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Ben Bow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow Gallup ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Gallup is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Ulysses ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ulysses is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses Georges Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek Bumblebee ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bumblebee is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee Torchlight ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Torchlight is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torchlight Walbridge ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Walbridge is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walbridge Charley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Charley is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley Martin County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Lovely (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Lovely is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Pilgrim (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Warfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Beauty (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Beauty is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Hode (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Hode is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode Debord (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Inez (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Tomahawk (20 miles [32.2 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 Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
South Williamson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Forest Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Toler (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Toler is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler Belfry (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hardy (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Buskirk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McCarr (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Canada (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Huddy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Huddy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy Sidney (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
McAndrews (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews Stone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Stone is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Varney (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Varney is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Kelsa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Big Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belo, see our County-by-County Page for Belo .
Cemeteries Near Belo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belo.
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 Belo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Mounts Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Zornes Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zornes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Zornes Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Myrtle . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80395 <2>
Robinette Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Ooten Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Clark Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Gap Hollow Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Sturgell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Harden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Collins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Clark Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Estep Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Maynard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (833 more) ...
Evans Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Newsome Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Evans Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Belo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belo, with the one closest to Belo listed first.
Rural (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rural is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Pilgrim (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Oilville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Oilville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville Warfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Canada (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Stonecoal (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Pinsonfork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork Inez (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Phelps (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Chapmanville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gulnare (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Gulnare is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare Jamboree (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Jamboree is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree Continue List (15 more) ...
Man (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Thomas (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Thomas is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Zebulon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Zebulon is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belo .
Newspapers Published in Belo ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belo, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Belo.
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 Belo:
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 Belo. 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. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Belo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.