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 Dry Creek (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 Dry Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Dry Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dry Creek: Dry Crk. (or less commonly used: Dry Ck. or Dry Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dry Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dry Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Creek:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Dry Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Rock Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Pineknob
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Naoma
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Arnett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Stickney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Montcoal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Redbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Dorothy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Packsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Bolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Fairdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Janie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Twilight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bald Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rocklick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Elk Run Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Barrett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Bandytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Sylvester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pondco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Pax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kilsyth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elkridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- McDunn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Redstar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- White Oak Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Whipple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Wriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Harvey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Powellton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Carbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Ronda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Cabin Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Handley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(23 miles [37 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
- Winifrede
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- East Bank
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Glasgow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Braeholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Sodom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Mineral City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Accoville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mallory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Kistler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Man
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wylo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Fort Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Peach Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Davy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Kimball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Big Four
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Keystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Northfork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Welch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Gilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baisden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Beech Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Summers County
- Jumping Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Kopperston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Oceana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Turkey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Rock View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Mullens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pineville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clear Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Mullensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Wyoming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Sun Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Uno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dry Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Dry Creek.
Cemeteries Near Dry Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Creek.
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 Dry Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dry Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Bone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cantley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pettry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eunice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Richmond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Massey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dry Creek had a population of 22 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Redbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Clear Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Jarrolds Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Crany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Bald Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Cirtsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Decota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Bandytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mossy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- McGraws
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McGraws is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraws
- Oceana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dry Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Creek.
Newspapers Published in Dry Creek ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Creek, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Creek.
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 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 Dry Creek:
- 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
- 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 Dry Creek, 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- Dry Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |