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 Corton (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 Corton. 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 hospitals and 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.
Corton is located in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County : Boone , Clay , Fayette , Jackson , Lincoln , Nicholas , Putnam , Raleigh & Roane .
Below are the counties that are near Corton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Corton:
Kanawha County (The home county of Corton)
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Clendenin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Wellford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Wellford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Apgah ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Apgah is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Reamer (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Reamer is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer Falling Rock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock Youngs Bottom (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom Coco (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Three Mile (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Three Mile is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile Elkview (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Pinch (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Pinch is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch Jarretts Ford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford Wills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Wills is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Aarons (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Aarons is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Bloomingrose (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Bloomingrose is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose Comfort (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Braxton County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Elmira (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Elmira is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Strange Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Strange Creek is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek Clem (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Clem is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem Sleith ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Sleith is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith Rockton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rockton is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton Frametown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Frametown is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown Wilsie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Wilsie is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie Herold (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Herold is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold Twistville ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Twistville is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville Progress ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Progress is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress Canfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Canfield is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Gassaway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Calhoun County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Oka (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Oka is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka Mudfork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Mudfork is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork Stinson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Stinson is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson Losie ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Losie is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie Walnut (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Walnut is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Beech (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Beech is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Pink (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Pink is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Gomez ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Gomez is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Orma (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Orma is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma Arnoldsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg Rocksdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale Hur (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hur is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur Russet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Russet is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Porter (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Porter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Procious (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Bomont (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Bomont is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont Elkhurst (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Elkhurst is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst Valley Fork (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Valley Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork Hartland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hartland is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Clay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Spread (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Spread is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Gould (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Gould is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Dink (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Dink is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink Harrison (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Harrison is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Ira (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ira is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira Lydia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Lydia is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Cannelton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Cannelton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton Crescent (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Crescent is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Montgomery (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Smithers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Gauley Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Mount Carbon (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon Romont (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Romont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont Kimberly (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Kimberly is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Falls View (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Falls View is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View Leander (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Leander is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander Mulvane ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mulvane is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane Ansted (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Elliot ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Elliot is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Gilmer County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Shock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Shock is located in Gilmer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock Stumptown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Stumptown is located in Gilmer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown Normantown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Romance (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Romance is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance Fletcher (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Fletcher is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Kentuck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Kentuck is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck Aplin ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Aplin is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin Kenna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Statts Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Statts Mills is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills Fairplain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fairplain is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain Hereford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hereford is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford Nicholas County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Dixie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Dixie is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Beech Glen (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen Tipton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Tipton is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Zela (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Zela is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela Albion ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Albion is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Muddlety (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Muddlety is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety Keslers Cross Lanes (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes Morrison ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Morrison is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Summersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Birch River (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Liberty (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Liberty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Sigman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sigman is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman Paradise (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Paradise is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Poca (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Raymond City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Raymond City is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City Bancroft (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bancroft is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
Morgans Landing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Pigeon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Kester ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Kester is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Looneyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Walton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Mattie ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mattie is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Roxalana (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Roxalana is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana Rushville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Rushville is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville Cicerone (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Cicerone is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone Woodyard ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodyard is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Graux (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Graux is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux Zona (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Zona is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona Spencer (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Flint Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Flint Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Corton, see our County-by-County Page for Corton .
Cemeteries Near Corton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corton.
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 Corton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Corton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Harper Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Harper Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
White Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Naylor Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Thompson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Taylor Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> Clendenin . Rolling Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Dulls Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Shamlin Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hindsman Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Deverick Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (602 more) ...
White Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Koontz Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Clendenin Memorial Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Corton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Corton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Corton, with the one closest to Corton listed first.
Procious (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Clendenin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Apgah ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Apgah is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Osbornes Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Osbornes Mills is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornes Mills Pigeon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Wellford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Wellford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Amma (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Amma is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amma Clio (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Clio is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Gazil ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Gazil is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazil Odell (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Odell is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Valley Fork (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Valley Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork Newton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Newton is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Continue List (14 more) ...
Kester ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Kester is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Coco (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Kendalia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Kendalia is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Corton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Corton .
Newspapers Published in Corton ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corton, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Corton.
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 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 Corton:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Kanawha County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Braxton County Calhoun County Clay County Fayette County Gilmer County Jackson County Nicholas County Putnam County Roane County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Corton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Kanawha County: https://kanawha.us/
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- Corton) 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 Corton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.