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 Dunns (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 Dunns. 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.
Dunns is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Dunns. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunns:
Mercer County (The home county of Dunns)
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Athens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Oak Grove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Oak Grove is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Elgood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Lashmeet (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Princeton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Johnston Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Johnston Town is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town Matoaka (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Weyanoke (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke East River ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Oakvale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Blake ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake El Centro ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Willowton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Prince (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Quinnimont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Quinnimont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont McKendree (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
McKendree is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree Kilsyth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Kilsyth is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth Mount Hope (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Meadow Bridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
Alaska ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Alaska is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska Sewell Knob ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob Sewell Knob has also been known as:
Swell Knob Stonecliff ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Stonecliff is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff Stonecliff has also been known as:
Stone Cliff White Oak Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction Spring Dale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Spring Dale is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale Harvey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Harvey is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Newlyn ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Newlyn is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn Greenbrier County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Alderson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Vale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Vale is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Frazier (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Frazier is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Logan County
Rich Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Elkhorn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Keystone (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Anawalt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Kimball (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Thorpe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Big Four (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Gary (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Welch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Ballard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Peterstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Wayside (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Assurance (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Creamery (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Creamery is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Wikel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Wolfcreek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek Union (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Union is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Shady Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Coal City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Princewick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Sullivan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Daniels (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Eastgulf (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Tilden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Rhodell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Beaver (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Helen (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Pemberton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Sophia (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Clifftop (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Clifftop is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Pipestem (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
True (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Jumping Branch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Nimitz (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Packs Ferry (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Bellepoint (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Brooklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Buck (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Forest Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hilldale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale Bargers Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Bargers Springs is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Bud (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Keyrock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Keyrock is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock Pineville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Mullensville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Rock View (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Turkey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Woosley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Wyoming (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Round Bottom (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Rocky Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Hicksville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Bastian (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Bland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Glen Lyn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Rich Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Narrows (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Shumate (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Bluff City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Pembroke (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Eggleston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Kire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Kire is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire Pulaski County (VA)
Sassin ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Pocahontas (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Yards (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Bluefield (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Boissevain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Saint Clair (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Abbs Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Springville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunns, see our County-by-County Page for Dunns .
Cemeteries Near Dunns ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunns.
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 Dunns - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunns covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Meador Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dunns Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hatcher Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hatcher Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Camp Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Lilly Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Farley Farm Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Farm Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Farley Farm Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> Pipestem . The Farley Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
Archibald & Jermima Farley Cemetery Snider Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lilly - Crews Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly - Crews Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lilly - Crews Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> Nimitz . The Lilly - Crews Cemetery has also been known as:
Crews Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960819 <3>
Brammer Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Crook Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Barton Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Continue List (426 more) ...
Russ Lilly Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Williams Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Mt. Olive Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dunns had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunns, with the one closest to Dunns listed first.
Ellison (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Ellison is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Flat Top (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Pipestem (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
True (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Spanishburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Warford ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Warford is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warford Jumping Branch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Odd (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Odd is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Egeria (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Egeria is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeria Pinoak (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Pinoak is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinoak Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Packs Ferry (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Continue List (15 more) ...
Shady Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Lashmeet (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Elgood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunns. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunns .
Newspapers Published in Dunns ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunns.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunns, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Dunns.
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 either 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 Dunns:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fayette County Greenbrier County Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Giles County Pulaski County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dunns. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dunns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Dunns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.