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 Clear Creek (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 Clear Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Clear Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Clearcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Clear Creek: Clear Crk. (or less commonly used: Clear Ck. or Clear Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clear Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clear Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Clear Creek is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Clear Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clear Creek:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Clear Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Dorothy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Sweeneyburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Arnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Zada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Bradley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Naoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Fairdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Montcoal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Janie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Elk Run Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Sylvester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Keith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Orgas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Twilight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Joes Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Bald Knob
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bandytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Pax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kilsyth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- McDunn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Mount Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Redstar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Whipple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- White Oak Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Wriston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Harvey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Elkridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Ronda
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Hollygrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Cabin Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hugheston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Chelyan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Sodom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Braeholm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mallory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Mineral City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Kistler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Beech Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jumping Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Kopperston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Keyrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Oceana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Mullens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rock View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Mullensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Clear Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Fanny
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clear Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Clear Creek.
Cemeteries Near Clear Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clear Creek.
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 Clear Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clear Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Dunbar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Workman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maynor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Workman Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Artie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ewing Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fulton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clear Creek had a population of 11 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clear Creek, with the one closest to Clear Creek listed first.
- Cirtsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mossy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Matville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Dry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Decota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Kincaid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kincaid is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Redbird
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Mount Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Acme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Jarrolds Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Powellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clear Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clear Creek.
Newspapers Published in Clear Creek ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clear Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clear Creek, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clear Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clear Creek:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- Nicholas County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 Clear Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clear Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |