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 Burch (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 Burch. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Burch is located in Mingo 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 Mingo County : Martin (KY) , Pike (KY) , Buchanan (VA) , Lincoln , Logan , McDowell , Wayne & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Burch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burch:
Mingo County (The home county of Burch)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Delbarton (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Myrtle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Myrtle is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Red Jacket (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Williamson (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Chattaroy (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Chattaroy is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Sprigg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Sprigg is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Blackberry City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Blackberry City is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Musick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Musick is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Thacker is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Dingess (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Dingess is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess Pie (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pie is also located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Kermit (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Manila (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Manila is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Hewett (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hewett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett Clothier (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Clothier is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier Havana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Havana is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Jeffrey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Jeffrey is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Ottawa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ottawa is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Greenview (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Greenview is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Ramage (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ramage is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage Secoal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Secoal is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secoal Stark (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Stark is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Low Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Low Gap is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Powell Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Powell Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Creek Turtle Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Turtle Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Harts (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Wewanta (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wewanta is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta Spears ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Spears was located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Omar (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Stirrat (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Holden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Holden is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Troy Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Troy Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town Whitman (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeview is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview Switzer (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Thompson Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Thompson Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town Wilkinson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Whirlwind (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Whirlwind is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind Logan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
West Logan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Peach Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Peach Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Wyoming City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Panther (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Panther is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Iaeger (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Union City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Avondale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Wilmore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Stonecoal (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Wilsondale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Wilsondale is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale Doane (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Doane is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane Dunlow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Cove Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Kiahsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Cub City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Uno (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Sun Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Clear Fork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Baileysville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Oceana (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Floyd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Betsy Layne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stanville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram Harold (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Harold is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Ivel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Osborn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Osborn is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Dana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Dana is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Grethel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Grethel is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel Banner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Dwale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Dwale is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale Galveston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Galveston is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston Allen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Allen is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
Allen has also been known as:
Beaver Creek Junction Beaver Creek Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
Auxier (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Auxier is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier Johnson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Butcher Hollow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Whitehouse (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Meally (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Meally is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally Nero (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Nero is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Williamsport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Williamsport is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Lawrence County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Clifford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Peach Orchard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Maynard ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Maynard was located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Patrick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Ben Bow (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow Richardson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Gallup ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Gallup was located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Ulysses ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ulysses was located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses Martin County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Lovely (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Lovely is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Pilgrim (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Beauty (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Beauty is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Warfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Hode (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hode is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode Debord (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Inez (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Tomahawk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
South Williamson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Toler (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Toler is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler Buskirk (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk Hardy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy McCarr (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Forest Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Belfry (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Huddy (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Huddy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy McAndrews (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews Ransom (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Canada (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Stone (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Stone is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Freeburn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Kelsa (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Big Rock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Grundy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Matney (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burch, see our County-by-County Page for Burch .
Cemeteries Near Burch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burch.
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 Burch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Farley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Adair Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Marcum Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Williams Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Elk Creek Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lower Curry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Farley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Ooten Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Varney Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Upper Curry Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Estep Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Estep Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (738 more) ...
Zornes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zornes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Zornes Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> Myrtle . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80395 <3>
Mounts Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mahon Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Burch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burch, with the one closest to Burch listed first.
Oilville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Oilville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville Rural (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Rural is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Canada (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Pinsonfork (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork Pilgrim (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Phelps (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jamboree (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Jamboree is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree Warfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Coleman (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Stonecoal (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Kimper (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Kimper is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper Man (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Christian (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Christian is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Zebulon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Zebulon is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon Paw Paw (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burch .
Newspapers Published in Burch ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burch, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Burch.
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 Burch:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mingo County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Lincoln County Logan County McDowell County Wayne County Wyoming County Floyd County Johnson County Lawrence County Martin County Pike County Buchanan County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Burch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Burch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.