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 Elkview (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 Elkview. 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 doctors 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.
Elkview is located in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County : Boone , Clay , Fayette , Jackson , Lincoln , Nicholas , Putnam , Raleigh & Roane .
Below are the counties that are near Elkview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elkview:
Kanawha County (The home county of Elkview)
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Jarretts Ford (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford Wills (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Wills is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Three Mile (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Three Mile is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile Pinch (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Pinch is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch Youngs Bottom (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom Falling Rock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock Aarons (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Aarons is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Coco (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Big Chimney (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney Reamer (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Reamer is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer Clendenin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Legg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Legg is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg Airport Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Airport Village is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village Airport Village has also been known as:
Airport Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Dartmont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Dartmont is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont Grippe (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Grippe is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe Rumble (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Rumble is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble Bloomingrose (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bloomingrose is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose Comfort (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Eden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Eden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Sharlow (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Sharlow is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow Ashford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Brushton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Brushton is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton Emmons (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Emmons is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Racine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Racine is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine Johns (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Johns is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Peytona (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Peytona is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona Braxton County
Elmira (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Elmira is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Calhoun County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Oka (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Oka is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka Mudfork (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mudfork is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork Stinson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Stinson is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson Beech (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Beech is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Pink (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Pink is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Walnut (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Walnut is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Losie ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Losie is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie Orma (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Orma is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma Arnoldsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg Gomez ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Gomez is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Porter (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Porter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Bomont (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bomont is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont Procious (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Elkhurst (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Elkhurst is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst Hartland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hartland is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Valley Fork (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Valley Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork Clay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Spread (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Spread is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Dink (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Dink is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink Gould (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Gould is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Harrison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Harrison is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Swandale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Swandale is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandale Lydia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Lydia is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Montgomery (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cannelton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Cannelton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton Crescent (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Crescent is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Smithers (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Kimberly (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Kimberly is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Mount Carbon (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon Gauley Bridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Powellton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Powellton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton Falls View (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Falls View is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View Elkridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Elkridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Romont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Romont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont McDunn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
McDunn is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn Ansted (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Romance (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Romance is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance Fletcher (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Fletcher is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Kentuck (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Kentuck is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck Kenna (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Aplin ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Aplin is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin Statts Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Statts Mills is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills Fairplain (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Fairplain is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain Hereford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hereford is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford Ripley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Alum Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Priestley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Priestley is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley Garretts Bend (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend Sod (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Sod is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod Tango (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Tango is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango East ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alkol (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Alkol is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol Yawkey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Yawkey is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey Mason County
Grimms Landing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Grimms Landing is located in Mason County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing Nicholas County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Dixie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Dixie is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Beech Glen (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen Albion ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Albion is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Tipton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Tipton is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Zela (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Zela is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Liberty (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Sigman (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Sigman is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman Poca (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Raymond City (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Raymond City is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City Paradise (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Paradise is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Morgans Landing (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing Bancroft (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Bancroft is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
Red House (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Scott Village (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Scott Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village Winfield (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Eleanor (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Teays Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Teays Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Teays Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Mattie ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mattie is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Cicerone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Cicerone is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone Walton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Woodyard ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Woodyard is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Kester ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Kester is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Pigeon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Looneyville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Zona (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Zona is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona Rushville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rushville is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville Roxalana (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Roxalana is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana Flint Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Flint Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town Graux (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Graux is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux Spencer (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elkview, see our County-by-County Page for Elkview .
Cemeteries Near Elkview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elkview.
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 Elkview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elkview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Jarretts Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Reynolds Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Rock Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Woody Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Deer Run - Keaton - Myers Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Given Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Rummell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Vickers Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elk Hills Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hills Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Hills Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Big Chimney . The Elk Hills Memorial Park has also been known as:
Copen Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #175397 <2>
Walker Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Morris Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Sand Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (668 more) ...
Vickers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Perry Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hayes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Elkview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elkview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
Jarrett (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jarrett is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett Coco (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Aarons (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Aarons is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Mink ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mink is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Blundon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Blundon is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundon Odell (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Odell is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Clendenin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Legg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Legg is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg Island Branch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Island Branch is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch Gazil ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gazil is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazil Apgah ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Apgah is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Wellford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Wellford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Continue List (16 more) ...
Carney ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Carney is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney Kettle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Kettle is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Pocatalico (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Pocatalico is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocatalico
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elkview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elkview .
Newspapers Published in Elkview ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elkview, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Elkview.
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 Elkview:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Kanawha County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Braxton County Calhoun County Clay County Fayette County Jackson County Lincoln County Mason County Nicholas County Putnam County Roane County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elkview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Kanawha County: https://kanawha.us/
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. 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 Elkview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elkview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.