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 Erin (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 Erin. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Erin 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 Erin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erin:
McDowell County (The home county of Erin)
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Roderfield (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Roderfield is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield Big Sandy (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Big Sandy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Davy (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Wilmore (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Welch (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Avondale (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Union City (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Iaeger (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Yukon (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Yukon is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon Bradshaw (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Big Four (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Gary (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Greenwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Greenwood is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Rocklick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Rocklick is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick Bald Knob (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bald Knob is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob Barrett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Barrett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Wylo (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Wylo is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo Mallory (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mallory is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Mineral City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mineral City is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Man (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Accoville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Accoville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville Kistler (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Kistler is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Braeholm (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Braeholm is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm Stirrat (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Omar (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Switzer (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin 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 Weyanoke (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Nemours (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Yards (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
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 Matoaka (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Montcalm (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Lashmeet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Littlesburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Mingo County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Gilbert Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek Baisden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Wharncliffe (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Pie (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Musick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Blackberry City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Sprigg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Helen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Rhodell (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Ury (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Bolt (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Bolt is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt Slab Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Redbird (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Redbird is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Stotesbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Fairdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fairdale is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale Lester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lester is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
Princewick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Arnett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Woosley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Stoneville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Fanny (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Baileysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Wyoming (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mullensville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Sun Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Pineville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Clear Fork (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Uno (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Cub City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Rock View (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Stopover is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover Majestic (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Majestic is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Phelps (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Freeburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Coleman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Buskirk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McCarr (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Ransom (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Fedscreek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Height (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Height is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Jackson Flats (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Peapatch (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Paynesville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Bearwallow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Matney (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Kelsa (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Janey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey Mavisdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale Grundy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Royal City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City Vansant (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Russell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Dye (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Dye is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Russell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Russell is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Bishop (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Dunford Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village Sayersville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Abbs Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Shraders (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Harman (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Adria (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Boissevain (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Pocahontas (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Pisgah (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Pisgah is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Wittens Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills Falls Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erin, see our County-by-County Page for Erin .
Cemeteries Near Erin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erin.
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 Erin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Iaeger Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Memorial Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Roderfield . The Iaeger Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Roderfield Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #151357 <2>
Blevins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Deskins Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bowles Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Kelly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Reed Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Atwell Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Riffe Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Robert Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Collins Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Powell Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Collins Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Continue List (504 more) ...
Lockhart Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Roberts Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Rowe Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Erin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Erin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erin, with the one closest to Erin listed first.
Iaeger (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Bradshaw (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Lincoln (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lincoln is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hanover (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Hanover is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Baileysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville North Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
North Spring is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring Sun Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Pineville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bearwallow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Kyle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Algoma (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Algoma is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma Rock View (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Continue List (14 more) ...
Elkhorn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Powhatan (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Powhatan is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan Newfound (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Newfound is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erin .
Newspapers Published in Erin ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Erin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erin, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Erin.
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 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 Erin:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to McDowell County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Logan County Mercer County Mingo County Raleigh County Wyoming County Pike County Buchanan County Russell County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Erin. 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. 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 Erin, 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 from Point A (ie- Erin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.