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 East Kingston (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 East Kingston. 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 East Kingston ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Kingston: E. Kingston
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Kingston. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Kingston.
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 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.
East Kingston is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh & Summers.
Below are the counties that are near East Kingston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Kingston:
- Fayette County (The home county of East Kingston)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- McDunn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Wriston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Pax
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whipple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Elkridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Redstar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Powellton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dempsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Kilsyth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- White Oak Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Harvey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Whitesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Elk Run Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Joes Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Orgas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Coopertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Cabot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Fosterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Bandytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Milltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Rainelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McRoss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Charmco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Ronda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Hugheston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Dry Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Chelyan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Logan County
- Sodom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Beech Glen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Runa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Zela
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Dorothy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Bradley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Sweeneyburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Prosperity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Harper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arnett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Zada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Packsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Piney View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Naoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Montcoal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Kopperston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Keyrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Oceana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mullens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Turkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Rock View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Bud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Pineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Kingston, see our County-by-County Page for East Kingston.
Cemeteries Near East Kingston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Kingston.
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 East Kingston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Kingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Stover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wriston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scarbro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wriston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rinehart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingston Cemeteries
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ellison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wriston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Lively Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cottle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lively Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 East Kingston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Kingston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Kingston, with the one closest to East Kingston listed first.
- Mossy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kincaid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Cirtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Decota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Powellton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dempsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Acme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Matville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Prosperity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Deep Water
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Thurmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Kingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Kingston.
Newspapers Published in East Kingston ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Kingston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Kingston, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Kingston.
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 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 East Kingston:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh 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 East Kingston, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Kingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |