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 Birchton (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 Birchton. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Birchton is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Birchton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birchton:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Birchton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Packsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
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- Montcoal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Stickney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Dorothy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Naoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Arnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Redbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bolt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Fairdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Sweeneyburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Janie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Whitesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Elk Run Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Twilight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Sylvester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bandytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Bald Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Marnie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marnie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marnie
- Keith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Barrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bim is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Pax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Elkridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- McDunn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Powellton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Kilsyth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Wriston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Kimberly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Mount Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crescent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Falls View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Montgomery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Carbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Dry Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Ronda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Winifrede
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- Cabin Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Handley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Belle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Chesapeake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Alkol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Priestley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Alum Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- East ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Tango
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Yawkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Sodom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Braeholm
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mineral City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Kistler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mallory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Man
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Wylo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Mitchell Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Peach Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- West Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Banco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Mingo County
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Beech Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Kopperston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Oceana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keyrock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Turkey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Rock View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Clear Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Sun Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Uno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Baileysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Mullensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wyoming
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Fanny
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birchton, see our County-by-County Page for Birchton.
Cemeteries Near Birchton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birchton.
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 Birchton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birchton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Jarrells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jarrells Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mordue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burl Pettry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burl Pettry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burl Pettry Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Naoma.
- The Burl Pettry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pettry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79537 <2>
- Pettry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- William Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (621 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Adkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adkins - Pettry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Birchton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birchton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birchton, with the one closest to Birchton listed first.
- Jarrolds Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Bandytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Bald Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Dry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Decota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Van
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Van is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Clear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Redbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Crany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Matville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Comfort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mossy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birchton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birchton.
Newspapers Published in Birchton ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birchton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birchton, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birchton.
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 helpful 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 Birchton:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Mingo County
- Nicholas County
- Wyoming 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Birchton) 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 Birchton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |