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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 Cabins (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 Cabins. 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 and hospitals 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.

Cabins is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Garrett (MD), Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton & Tucker.

Below are the counties that are near Cabins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cabins:

  • Grant County     (The home county of Cabins)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hopeville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopeville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
    • Arthur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Arthur is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Seymourville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Seymourville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
    • Pansy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Pansy is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
    • Dorcas
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorcas is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
    • Maysville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Maysville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Seemly ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Seemly is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
    • Lahmansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
    • Greenland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Greenland is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Medley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dobbin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dobbin is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
  • Hampshire County
    • Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Junction is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Hardy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Durgon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Durgon is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
    • Peru
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Moorefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fort Run
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
    • Lost City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mathias
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Baker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Baker is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Inkerman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Hartmansville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
    • Schell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Schell is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Sulphur City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
    • Elk Garden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Harrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Harrison is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • New Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Burlington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Shaw is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
  • Pendleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Ketterman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
    • Brushy Run
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
    • Kline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Kline is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Onego
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Onego is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
    • Macksville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Macksville is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
    • Ruddle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
    • Fort Seybert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
    • Brandywine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Propstburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Propstburg is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
    • Circleville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Zigler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Zigler is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
  • Preston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Horse Shoe Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
    • Sell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sell is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
    • Aurora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Carmel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Carmel is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Harperton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Harperton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperton
    • Dryfork
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Harman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Whitmer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitmer is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmer
    • Wymer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Wymer is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
    • Evenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Evenwood is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
    • Pettit ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pettit is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
  • Tucker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Canaan Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Davis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Elk is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
    • Thomas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Gladwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gladwin is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
    • Coketon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Coketon is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
    • Pierce
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pierce is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Hendricks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hendricks is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Hambleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hambleton is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Parsons
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Porterwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Porterwood is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
    • Pleasant Run
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
  • Garrett County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Wilson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Fort Pendleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
    • Schell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Red House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
    • Kitzmiller
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Loch Lynn Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
    • Altamont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Mountain Lake Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
    • Deer Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Oakland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
  • Rockingham County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Criders
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
    • Tunis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Fulks Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
  • Shenandoah County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.
    • Basye - Bryce Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Orkney Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cabins, see our County-by-County Page for Cabins.

Cemeteries Near Cabins ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cabins.

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 Cabins - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cabins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.

  • South Branch Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Buena Chapel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cortland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Flanagan Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Burlington Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Flanagan Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hevener Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Corbin Snyder Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Snyder Cemetery
    • The Corbin Snyder Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bennetts Run Cemetery
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Schaeffer Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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 Cabins in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cabins.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cabins, with the one closest to Cabins listed first.

  • Jordan Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordan Run is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Run
  • Hopeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopeville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
  • Petersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pansy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pansy is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
  • Seymourville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Seymourville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
  • Arthur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Arthur is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Masonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Masonville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
  • Maysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Maysville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Seemly ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Seemly is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
  • Brushy Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
  • Lahmansville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
  • Peru
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cortland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cortland is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
    • Moorefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Greenland is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cabins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cabins.

Newspapers Published in Cabins ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cabins.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cabins, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cabins.

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 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 Cabins:

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 Cabins, 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- Cabins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.