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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bernie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bernie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bernie, please Contact Us.
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 Bernie (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 Bernie. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bernie is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Putnam & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bernie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bernie:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Bernie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Palermo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Yawkey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Alkol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- East ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Sweetland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Tango
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Myra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Spears ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Kinder ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Sod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- Hamlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Layville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Layville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville
- Woodville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Dodson Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dodson Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction
- Morrisvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisvale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisvale
- Horse Creek Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Julian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Julian is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Harless
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Lory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lory is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lory
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Cabell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Salt Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Culloden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Culloden is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
- Sarah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fudges Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Ona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
- Barboursville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Pea Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Hodges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Tornado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
- Ruth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Saint Albans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sattes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Rock Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- Dunbar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nitro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Lanes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- Elk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Banco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Big Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Chapmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Whirlwind
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Sodom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Peach Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- West Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Troy Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Mason County
- Upland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Upland is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Dingess
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Myrtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Hurricane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Teays Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Teays Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
- Scott Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Teays Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Morgans Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Poca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Eleanor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fraziers Bottom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fraziers Bottom is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraziers Bottom
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Raleigh County
- Packsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Cove Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Nestlow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Kiahsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- East Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Armilda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- Doane
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Wilsondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dunlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Echo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Effie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Effie is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Lawrence County (KY)
- Clifford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Martin County (KY)
- Hode
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Proctorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Athalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Athalia is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Rockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Chesapeake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bernie, see our County-by-County Page for Bernie.
Cemeteries Near Bernie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bernie.
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 Bernie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bernie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Elkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spurlock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Linville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Linville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Peck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Egnor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spurlock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (899 more) ...
- Ryan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Egnor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Bernie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bernie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bernie, with the one closest to Bernie listed first.
- Spurlockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spurlockville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlockville
- Griffithsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Griffithsville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithsville
- Sweetland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Jenks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jenks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Myra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Hamlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sheridan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Nye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nye is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fourteen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fourteen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen
- Portersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Cove Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bernie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bernie.
Newspapers Published in Bernie ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bernie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bernie, 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 Bernie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bernie:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cabell County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- Mason County
- Mingo County
- Putnam County
- Raleigh County
- Wayne County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Lawrence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bernie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bernie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |