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 English (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 English. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
English is located in McDowell 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 McDowell County : Buchanan (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , Mercer , Mingo & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near English. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to English:
McDowell County (The home county of English)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Yukon (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Yukon is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon War (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
War is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
Bradshaw (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Peapatch (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Peapatch is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Avondale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Height (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Height is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Roderfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Roderfield is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield Union City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Newhall (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Newhall is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall Big Sandy (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Big Sandy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Wilmore (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Gary (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Iaeger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Wylo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Wylo is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo Mallory (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mallory is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Mineral City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mineral City is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Kistler (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Kistler is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Man (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Accoville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Accoville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville Braeholm (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Braeholm is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Coaldale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Coopers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Bramwell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Freeman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Nemours (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Yards (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Yards is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Flipping (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Montcalm (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Weyanoke (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Matoaka (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Bluefield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Littlesburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Lashmeet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Mingo County
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Baisden (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek Gilbert (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Wharncliffe (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Pie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Thacker (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Musick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Rhodell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Eastgulf (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Helen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Ury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Woosley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Stoneville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Fanny (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Baileysville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Wyoming (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mullensville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Cub City (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Sun Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Pineville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Clear Fork (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Uno (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Rock View (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Bud (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Paw Paw (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Stopover (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Stopover is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover Majestic (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Majestic is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Phelps (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Coleman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Freeburn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Calloway Branch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch Fedscreek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek Mouthcard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Mouthcard is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard Ransom (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Peapatch (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Bearwallow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Height (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Height is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Jackson Flats (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Matney (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Mavisdale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale Janey (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey Kelsa (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Grundy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Royal City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City Rowe (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Rowe is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Vansant (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Russell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Dye (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Dye is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Russell (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Russell is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Honaker (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Smyth County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Broadford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Broadford is located in Smyth County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford Allison Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Allison Gap is located in Smyth County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap Cardwell Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town Ellendale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ellendale is located in Smyth County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Sayersville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Harman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Bishop (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Dunford Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village Shraders (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Adria (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Abbs Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Maxwell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Maxwell is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Pisgah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pisgah is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cedar Bluff (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Richlands (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Five Oaks (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks Red Ash (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to English, see our County-by-County Page for English .
Cemeteries Near English ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of English.
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 English - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for English covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Lomax Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Rose Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hagerman Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Deskins Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riffe Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Atwell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Puckett Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Sparks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Blevins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Oak Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rowe Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Knob Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (599 more) ...
Knob Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Knob Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Knob Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find English in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of English.
These communities are listed based on their distance from English, with the one closest to English listed first.
Bradshaw (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bearwallow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Iaeger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Pleasant Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Sayersville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Harman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Shraders (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Gap Store (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Gap Store is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store Shack Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Shack Mills is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shack Mills Hanover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hanover is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Maxwell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Maxwell is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Pisgah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pisgah is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Continue List (13 more) ...
Powhatan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Powhatan is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan Kyle (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Algoma (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Algoma is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around English. See our List of 1890's Communities around English .
Newspapers Published in English ...
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 English.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of English, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for English.
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 English:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to McDowell County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Logan County Mercer County Mingo County Raleigh County Wyoming County Pike County Buchanan County Russell County Smyth County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for English. 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. 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 English, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- English) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.