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 Bickmore (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 Bickmore. 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 hospitals 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.
Bickmore is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Braxton, Calhoun, Kanawha, Nicholas & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Bickmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bickmore:
- Clay County (The home county of Bickmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Clay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Spread
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Bomont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Procious
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Gould
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Valley Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Porter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Harrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Dink
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Ira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Strange Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Clem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Herold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Rockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Frametown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Canfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Wilsie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Little Birch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Gassaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Mudfork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Oka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Stinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Losie ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Walnut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Orma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Beech
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Arnoldsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Pink
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Romont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Leander
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Gauley Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Ansted
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cannelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cannelton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Victor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Crescent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Smithers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Clifty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Gilmer County
- Shock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Greenbrier County
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Jackson County
- Romance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Clendenin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reamer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer
- Wellford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Coco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- Falling Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Three Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Youngs Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Hugheston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Handley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Pratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Beech Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Zela
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Muddlety
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Summersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birch River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Runa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Donald
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Kester ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Looneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roxalana
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Walton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Rushville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Graux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Cicerone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Zona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Erbacon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Welch Glade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bickmore, see our County-by-County Page for Bickmore.
Cemeteries Near Bickmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bickmore.
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 Bickmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bickmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Holcomb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tanner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reed - Stephenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed - Stephenson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reed - Stephenson Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Clay.
- The Reed - Stephenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reed - Stephenson - Pierson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978620 <2>
- Blue Knob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pierson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ida Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Triplett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hinkle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mullins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Samples Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neil Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kyle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bickmore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bickmore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bickmore, with the one closest to Bickmore listed first.
- Lizemores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lizemores is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizemores
- Procious
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Zela
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Gilboa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Valley Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Gould
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Kendalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kendalia is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
- Spangler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spangler is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Pond Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Gap is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Belva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belva
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Gazil ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gazil is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazil
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bickmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bickmore.
Newspapers Published in Bickmore ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bickmore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bickmore, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bickmore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bickmore:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Greenbrier County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Nicholas County
- Roane County
- Webster 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 Bickmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bickmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |