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 Countsville (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 Countsville. 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.
Countsville is located in Roane 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 Roane County: Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Countsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Countsville:
- Roane County (The home county of Countsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Zona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Mattie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
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- Cicerone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxalana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Graux
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Kester ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Elmira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Clem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Wilsie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Strange Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Pink
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Orma
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Stinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Mudfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Losie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Procious
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Bomont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Dink
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Lydia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Elkhurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Gould
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Spread
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Ira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Shock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Normantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Kentuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Romance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
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- Statts Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hereford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
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- Fairplain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Meadowdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Ripley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Island Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Wellford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Aarons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Reamer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
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- Sissonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Legg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
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- Elkview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Baden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Arbuckle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
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- Grimms Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
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- Leon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Southside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Southside is located in Mason County
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- Letart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Letart is located in Mason County
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- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
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- Sigman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
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- Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
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- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Poca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Morgans Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Red House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Ritchie County
- Oxbow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Lucile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Peewee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Leachtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Letart Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
- Plants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plants
- Spiller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
- Dorcas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Countsville, see our County-by-County Page for Countsville.
Cemeteries Near Countsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Countsville.
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 Countsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Countsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Whited Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gandee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gandeeville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadydale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Westfall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Larch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Droddy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Looney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (714 more) ...
- Vineyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Round Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Swank 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Countsville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Countsville, with the one closest to Countsville listed first.
- Gandeeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gandeeville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandeeville
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Zona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Ryan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Flatfork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flatfork is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatfork
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Speed
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Speed is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Red Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Knob is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Knob
- Buffalolick ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buffalolick is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
- Higby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Higby is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Cicerone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clarence is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Looneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Countsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Countsville.
Newspapers Published in Countsville ...
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 Countsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Countsville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Countsville.
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 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 Countsville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Mason County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Meigs 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 Countsville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Countsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |