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 Blaker Mills (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 Blaker Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Blaker Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blaker Mills: Blaker Mls. (or less commonly used: Blaker Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Blaker Mills is located in Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County: Alleghany (VA), Bath (VA), Fayette, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Summers & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Blaker Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blaker Mills:
- Greenbrier County (The home county of Blaker Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Frazier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Alderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Ronceverte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Richlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Vale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Caldwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crawley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kieffer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Spring Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Meadow Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Bellwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Maywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Hilton Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Clifftop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quinnimont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Prince
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McKendree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Red Ash ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Ash is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County
- Elgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Wolfcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Creamery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wayside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Hollywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Wikel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Assurance
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Ballard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peterstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Snow Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Runa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Odell Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Saxman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Tolbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Abraham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Royal ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Shady Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Terry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Clifftop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Daniels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piney View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Stanaford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Raleigh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- White Stick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Riffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Talcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bargers Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Hilldale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bellepoint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Buck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Forest Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alleghany County (VA)
- Moss Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Craig County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Captain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Captain is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Simmonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Huffman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huffman is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Kire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kire is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Mountain Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Rich Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Bluff City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Pearisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pembroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blaker Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Blaker Mills.
Cemeteries Near Blaker Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blaker Mills.
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 Blaker Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blaker Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Hanger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alderson Fletcher Addition Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Suttle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttle
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Suttle is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west of Lewisburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342096 <3>
- Richardson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pence Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Adwell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (133 more) ...
- Old Stone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- At The End Of The Trail Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wallace Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blaker Mills had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blaker Mills, with the one closest to Blaker Mills listed first.
- Alderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Asbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Santifee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Santifee is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santifee
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Wolfcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Riffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Sinks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sinks Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Grove
- Nickells Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nickells Mill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickells Mill
- Ronceverte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grassy Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Meadows is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Meadows
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Patton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blaker Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blaker Mills.
Newspapers Published in Blaker Mills ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaker Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blaker Mills, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blaker Mills.
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 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 Blaker Mills:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Greenbrier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Alleghany County
- Craig County
- Giles 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blaker Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Blaker Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |