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 Doddtown (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 Doddtown. 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.
Doddtown 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 Doddtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doddtown:
- Roane County (The home county of Doddtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cicerone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Kester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Zona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
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- Roxalana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Graux
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boone County
- Rumble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rumble is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Clem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Strange Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Wilsie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Frametown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Rockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Oka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Mudfork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Arnoldsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Orma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Losie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Porter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Procious
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
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- Bomont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
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- Elkhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Spread
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Gould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Lydia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Ira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
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- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Cannelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Montgomery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crescent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Smithers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kimberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
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- Mount Carbon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
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- Gauley Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Shock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Romance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
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- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
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- Kentuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
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- Statts Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Fairplain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Hereford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Liverpool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Sandyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angerona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Wellford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Island Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Falling Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Reamer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
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- Elkview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Three Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
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- Wills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Jarretts Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
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- Coco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
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- Legg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
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- Lincoln County
- Alum Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Baden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Grimms Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing
- Arbuckle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
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- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Dixie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
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- Beech Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
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- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown 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 west)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Poca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Raymond City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Red House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eleanor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scott Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Teays Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Lucile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Peewee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Burning Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doddtown, see our County-by-County Page for Doddtown.
Cemeteries Near Doddtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doddtown.
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 Doddtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doddtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Harper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shafer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Donahue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hively Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McCroskey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Abbott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (659 more) ...
- Hubbard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ritchea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Doddtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doddtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doddtown, with the one closest to Doddtown listed first.
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Kettle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kettle is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blundon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blundon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundon
- Wellford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Ryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Cicerone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Osbornes Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Osbornes Mills is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornes Mills
- Clio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Island Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Clendenin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Aarons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Amma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amma is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doddtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doddtown.
Newspapers Published in Doddtown ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doddtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doddtown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doddtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Doddtown:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Mason County
- Nicholas County
- Putnam County
- Wirt 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 Doddtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Doddtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |