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 Dameron (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 Dameron. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Dameron 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 Dameron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dameron:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Dameron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Zada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Fairdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Arnett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bolt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Redbird
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Tolleys
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tolleys is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolleys
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweeneyburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Pineknob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Naoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Lester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Glen White
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen White is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Whitesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Elk Run Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Bald Knob
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rocklick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Twilight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bandytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Sylvester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Pondco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco
- Bim
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bim is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Pax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kilsyth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Harvey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Redstar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Whipple
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Wriston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- McDunn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Oak Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Elkridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Hollygrove
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hugheston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cedar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Braeholm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mineral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Mallory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Sodom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Kistler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Wylo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Man
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Keystone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kimball
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Northfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Big Four
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Welch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Big Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Matoaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Lashmeet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Mingo County
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Beech Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Jumping Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- 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)
- Brooklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bellepoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Pipestem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- True
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Kopperston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Keyrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Mullens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oceana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Turkey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Bud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Mullensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Sun Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dameron, see our County-by-County Page for Dameron.
Cemeteries Near Dameron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dameron.
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 Dameron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dameron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chambers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flashman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McGinnis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rorrer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Daniels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Trump Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Athey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wiseman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dameron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dameron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dameron, with the one closest to Dameron listed first.
- Matville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Redbird
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Dry Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Cirtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Clear Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Lester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Crany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- McGraws
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGraws is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraws
- Pemberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Mossy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Saulsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saulsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dameron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dameron.
Newspapers Published in Dameron ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dameron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dameron, 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 Dameron.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Dameron:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Mingo 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> | 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 Dameron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Dameron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |