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 Davy (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 Davy. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Davy is located in 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 Davy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davy:
McDowell County (The home county of Davy)
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Big Sandy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Big Sandy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Roderfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roderfield is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield Welch (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wilmore (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Big Four (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Kimball (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Avondale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Union City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Gary (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Iaeger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Thorpe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Keystone (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Bradshaw (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Rocklick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Rocklick is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick Greenwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Greenwood is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Bald Knob (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bald Knob is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob Barrett (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Barrett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Pondco (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Pondco is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco Bim (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bim is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim Lindytown ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Lindytown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown Stark (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Stark is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Wylo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Wylo is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo Mallory (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mallory is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Mineral City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mineral City is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Accoville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Accoville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville Braeholm (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Braeholm is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm Kistler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Kistler is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Man (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Stirrat (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Omar (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Switzer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Fort Branch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Fort Branch is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Coaldale (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Coopers (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Weyanoke (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Bramwell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Freeman (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Matoaka (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Flipping (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Nemours (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Yards (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Yards is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Montcalm (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Lashmeet (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Littlesburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Bluefield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Mingo County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Gilbert Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek Gilbert (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Baisden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Wharncliffe (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Pie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Musick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Red Jacket (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Blackberry City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Rhodell (20 miles [32.2 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Ury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Eastgulf (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Slab Fork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Bolt (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bolt is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt Redbird (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Redbird is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Stotesbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Fairdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fairdale is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale Glen White (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Glen White is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White Lester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Lester is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
Princewick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Sophia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Woosley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Stoneville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Fanny (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Wyoming (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Baileysville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Mullensville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Pineville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Clear Fork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Sun Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Turkey (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Rock View (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Uno (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Cub City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Stopover (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Stopover is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover Majestic (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Majestic is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Paw Paw (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Freeburn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Phelps (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Coleman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Buskirk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk Calloway Branch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch McCarr (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Ransom (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Peapatch (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Height (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Height is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Jackson Flats (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Bearwallow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Matney (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Kelsa (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Janey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey Mavisdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale Grundy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Royal City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City Vansant (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Big Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Bishop (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Shraders (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Abbs Valley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Boissevain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Dunford Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village Sayersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Pocahontas (20 miles [32.2 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
Adria (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Harman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Yards (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Falls Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Springville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Wittens Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Davy, see our County-by-County Page for Davy .
Cemeteries Near Davy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davy.
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 Davy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Iaeger Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Memorial Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Roderfield . The Iaeger Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Roderfield Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #151357 <2>
Old Belcher Mtn. Community Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
New Belcher Mtn. Community Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bowles Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Blevins Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rockhouse Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Robert Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Collins Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Kelly Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Atwell Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Riffe Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Deskins Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (547 more) ...
Evans Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bailey Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Lester Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Davy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Davy, with the one closest to Davy listed first.
Baileysville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Pineville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Lincoln is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Iaeger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Sun Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Hanover (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Hanover is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Bradshaw (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Rock View (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View North Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
North Spring is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring Algoma (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Algoma is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma Powhatan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Powhatan is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan Kyle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Continue List (14 more) ...
Newfound (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Newfound is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound Jesse (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Jesse is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Elkhorn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Davy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Davy .
Newspapers Published in Davy ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davy, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Davy.
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 Davy:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to McDowell County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Logan County Mercer County Mingo County Raleigh County Wyoming County Pike County Buchanan County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Davy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
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. 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 Davy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Davy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.