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 Breece (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 Breece. 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 and 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.
Breece is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Breece. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Breece:
- Boone County (The home county of Breece)
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Dodson Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dodson Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction
- Morrisvale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morrisvale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisvale
- Woodville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Harless
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Horse Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Julian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Julian is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Layville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Layville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville
- Lory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lory is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lory
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cabell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Culloden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Culloden is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
- Salt Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fudges Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Ona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
- Barboursville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Pea Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Fayette County
- Elkridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Tornado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
- Ruth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Rock Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Saint Albans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dunbar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- South Charleston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winifrede
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- Sattes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Nitro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Marmet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Alkol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- East ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Sod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- Yawkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Tango
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Priestley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Palermo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Garretts Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Alum Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Spears ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Myra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Kinder ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Banco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Big Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Chapmanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sodom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Mitchell Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Peach Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Fort Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- West Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whirlwind
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Thompson Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Troy Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Dingess
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Myrtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Hurricane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scott Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Teays Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Teays Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Teays Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
- Morgans Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Poca
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raymond City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Eleanor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Fraziers Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fraziers Bottom is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraziers Bottom
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Packsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Montcoal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Stickney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Dorothy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Naoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Cove Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Nestlow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Kiahsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- Wilsondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- East Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Armilda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- Doane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Dunlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Breece, see our County-by-County Page for Breece.
Cemeteries Near Breece ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Breece.
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 Breece - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Breece covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Ryan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ryan Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Morrisvale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79774 <2>
- Harless Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Griffith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Altman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ryan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (865 more) ...
- McNealy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Antill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pauley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Breece in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Breece.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Breece, with the one closest to Breece listed first.
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Spurlockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spurlockville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlockville
- Griffithsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Griffithsville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithsville
- Peytona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peytona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona
- Sweetland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Garretts Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Hewett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Racine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Racine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Jenks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jenks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Chapmanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Myra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Tornado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Breece. See our List of 1890's Communities around Breece.
Newspapers Published in Breece ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Breece.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Breece, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Breece.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Breece:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cabell County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Mingo County
- Putnam County
- Raleigh County
- Wayne 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 Breece, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Breece) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |