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 Blandville (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 Blandville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Blandville is located in Doddridge 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 Doddridge County: Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler & Wetzel.
Below are the counties that are near Blandville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blandville:
- Doddridge County (The home county of Blandville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Smithburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Duckworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Barbour County
- Pepper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pepper is located in Barbour County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Burnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Orlando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Freed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Conings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Stouts Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tichenal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- Reynoldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
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- Katy Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- O'Neill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Sardis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sardis is located in Harrison County
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- West Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Wilsonburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Rosebud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Harrison County
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- Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Hurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Valley Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lightburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Smith Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Jane Lew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Alkires Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
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- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Big Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Marion County
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- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansport is located in Marion County
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- Rymer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rymer is located in Marion County
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- Mannington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Worthington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helens Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Helens Run is located in Marion County
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- Metz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Marion County
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- Eldora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eldora is located in Marion County
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- Monongah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Adlai
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Schultz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Horseneck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Pennsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pullman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Berea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Hannahdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Oreide
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oreide is located in Taylor County
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- Astor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
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- Flemington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Big Moses
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sandusky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Adonis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Friendly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Sistersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Ross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Bane
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
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- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barker is located in Wetzel County
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- Minnie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County
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- Childs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County
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- Kodol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kodol is located in Wetzel County
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- Bebee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bebee is located in Wetzel County
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- New Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
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- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Fly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Sardis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Grandview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Matamoras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Wade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Ward ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Deucher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blandville, see our County-by-County Page for Blandville.
Cemeteries Near Blandville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blandville.
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 Blandville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blandville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Blandville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Middle Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Toms Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Archbold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Mission Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Childers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolverton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Victory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (533 more) ...
- Fleming Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blandville had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Morgansville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morgansville is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgansville
- New Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Market
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- Long Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Run is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Zinnia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zinnia is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Central Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Central Station is located in Doddridge County
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- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Doddridge County
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- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blandville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blandville.
Newspapers Published in Blandville ...
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 Blandville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blandville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blandville.
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 Blandville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Doddridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Taylor County
- Tyler County
- Wetzel County
- Monroe County
- Washington 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> | 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 Blandville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blandville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |