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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Clark. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Clark to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clark, please Contact Us.
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 Clark (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 Clark. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Clark is historic, it would have been located within present day McDowell 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 McDowell County: Buchanan (VA), Tazewell (VA), Mercer, Mingo & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Clark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clark:
- McDowell County (The home county of Clark)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Northfork
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kyle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Keystone
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elkhorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Big Four
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Kimball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anawalt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Thorpe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thorpe is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
- Gary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gary is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Davy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Big Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Wylo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Coaldale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coopers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Weyanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Bramwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Matoaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Montcalm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Flipping
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Nemours
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Lashmeet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Littlesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Gilbert Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Gilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baisden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wharncliffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Rhodell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodell is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Helen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Eastgulf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf
- Ury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ury is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury
- Slab Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork
- Stotesbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Princewick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Princewick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick
- Coal City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Sophia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen White
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen White is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White
- Lester
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Pemberton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Pipestem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- True
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Jumping Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Bud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Woosley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Mullens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mullensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fanny
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Wyoming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Keyrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Rock View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Stoneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Turkey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Baileysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Bland County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Rocky Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Hicksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Bastian
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Bland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Bearwallow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Peapatch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Height
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Height is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Jackson Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Matney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Tazewell County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Boissevain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Yards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Abbs Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Falls Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Bluefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Bishop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Shraders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Wittens Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Adria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clark, see our County-by-County Page for Clark.
Cemeteries Near Clark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark.
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 Clark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Algoma Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rotenberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mitchem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Belcher Mtn. Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Belcher Mtn. Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thorpe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollinsworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (536 more) ...
- Prosperity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Swim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Clark in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Kyle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Algoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Algoma is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Powhatan
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Elkhorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Ennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ennis is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Switchback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Switchback is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switchback
- Maybeury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coopers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Bramwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Flipping
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Duhring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duhring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duhring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clark.
Newspapers Published in Clark ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark.
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 Clark:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to McDowell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Mingo County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Wyoming County
- Bland County
- Buchanan County
- Tazewell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Clark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Clark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |