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 Delphi (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 Delphi. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Delphi is located in Nicholas 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 Nicholas County: Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Delphi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delphi:
- Nicholas County (The home county of Delphi)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Tioga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Donald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Muddlety
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Nettie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saxman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Summersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Richwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Little Birch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Canfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Herold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Strange Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Rockton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Palmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Sutton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gassaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frametown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- McNutt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Clem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Flatwoods
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Losie ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Mudfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Widen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Wattsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Ira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Gould
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spread
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Hartland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Dink
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Lydia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Elkhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Valley Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Bomont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Leander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Clifty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Lookout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Romont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Hilton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Victor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Victor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Maywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Ansted
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grayden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grayden is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayden
- Clifftop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hawks Nest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Lile
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Quinwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Crichton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Orient Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Charmco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Loveridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loveridge is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveridge
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Oscar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oscar is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Rainelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sunlight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunlight is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Lewis County
- Duffy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Slaty Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Florence ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Pickens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roane County
- Pigeon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Upshur County
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Welch Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Upperglade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Halo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Erbacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Excelsior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Addison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Orndoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Ralph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Big Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Hacker Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Replete
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delphi, see our County-by-County Page for Delphi.
Cemeteries Near Delphi ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delphi.
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 Delphi - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delphi covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mullens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black's Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Trail Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buckle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Powers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spruce Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Delphi had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delphi, with the one closest to Delphi listed first.
- Strouds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Strouds is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Welch Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Persinger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Persinger is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persinger
- Boggs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boggs is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Upperglade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Halo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hookersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
- Muddlety
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Ophelia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ophelia is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophelia
- Wattsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Enon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Enon is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Richwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Birch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delphi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delphi.
Newspapers Published in Delphi ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delphi.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delphi, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delphi.
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 Delphi:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Nicholas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Lewis County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph County
- Roane County
- Upshur County
- Webster 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 Delphi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Delphi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |