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 Boonesborough (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 Boonesborough. 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 doctors 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.
Boonesborough is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh & Summers.
Below are the counties that are near Boonesborough. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boonesborough:
- Fayette County (The home county of Boonesborough)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Falls View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Gauley Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cotton Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Beckwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimberly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Hawks Nest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Smithers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dempsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Ansted
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cannelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Joes Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Orgas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Elk Run Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Coopertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Keith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Comfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fosterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Kirbyton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Bloomingrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Bomont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Elkhurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Clay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Porter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Procious
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Spread
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Valley Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Gould
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Widen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Rainelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charmco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crichton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Hines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Orient Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Quinwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Rupert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Handley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Hugheston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Ronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- East Bank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Acme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Cabin Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Beech Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Zela
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Runa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Summersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Odell Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Muddlety
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Dorothy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Bradley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Terry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Prosperity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Sweeneyburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Royal ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Packsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Stanaford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Grandview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Harper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Montcoal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Roane County
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boonesborough, see our County-by-County Page for Boonesborough.
Cemeteries Near Boonesborough ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boonesborough.
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 Boonesborough - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boonesborough covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Blake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Abbott - Huddleston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Robson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Guthrie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abbot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- John Nugen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Page Tabernackle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Haven Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Rich Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pierce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Boonesborough in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boonesborough.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boonesborough, with the one closest to Boonesborough listed first.
- Kanawha Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kanawha Falls is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Falls
- Gauley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gauley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauley
- Gauley Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deep Water
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Cotton Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Beckwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Dempsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Hawks Nest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eagle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Powellton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kincaid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kincaid is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Gaymont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gaymont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaymont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boonesborough. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boonesborough.
Newspapers Published in Boonesborough ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boonesborough.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boonesborough, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boonesborough.
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 either 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 Boonesborough:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clay County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Roane County
- Summers 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 Boonesborough, 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- Boonesborough) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |