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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 Eskdale (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 Eskdale. 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 doctors and 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.

Eskdale is located in Kanawha County.

To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties 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 Eskdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eskdale:

  • Kanawha County     (The home county of Eskdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.
    • Acme
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ronda
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Carbon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dry Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cabin Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hollygrove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Handley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
      • Handley is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
    • East Bank
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
      • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Glasgow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
      • Glasgow is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <2>
    • Pratt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
      • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Cedar Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • Winifrede
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chesapeake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesapeake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
      • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
  • Boone County
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.
    • Porter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Porter is located in Clay County
    • Elkhurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elkhurst. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
      • Elkhurst is located in Clay County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elkhurst
      • From Eskdale to Elkhurst
    • Hartland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Procious
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.
    • Elkridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elkridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
      • Elkridge is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elkridge
      • From Eskdale to Elkridge
    • Powellton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
      • Powellton is located in Fayette County
    • McDunn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kimberly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Montgomery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Carbon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crescent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crescent
      • From Eskdale to Crescent
    • Smithers
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithers
      • Smithers is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithers <2>
    • Falls View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cannelton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wriston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wriston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
      • Wriston is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wriston
      • From Eskdale to Wriston
    • Gauley Bridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gauley Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauley Bridge
      • Gauley Bridge is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gauley Bridge <2>
    • Beckwith
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.
    • Alum Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Priestley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sod
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Alkol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tango
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tango. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
      • Tango is located in Lincoln County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tango
      • From Eskdale to Tango
    • East ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
      • East is located in Lincoln County
    • Garretts Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yawkey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Logan County
  • Nicholas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.
    • Dixie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beech Glen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Nicholas County
    • Tipton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tipton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
      • Tipton is located in Nicholas County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tipton
      • From Eskdale to Tipton
    • Keslers Cross Lanes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Zela
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrison ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrison. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
      • Morrison is located in Nicholas County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Morrison
      • From Eskdale to Morrison
  • Raleigh County
  • Wyoming County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eskdale, see our County-by-County Page for Eskdale.

Cemeteries Near Eskdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eskdale.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eskdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.

  • Sight Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sight Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sight Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Foster Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Danville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sycamore Branch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sycamore Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sycamore Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pettry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Little White Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dry Branch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Craig Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Green Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (618 more) ...
    • Hensley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hensley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hensley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Slaughter Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slaughter Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slaughter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Massey Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Eskdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eskdale.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eskdale, with the one closest to Eskdale listed first.

  • Acme
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Decota
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
    • Decota is located in Kanawha County
  • Dry Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Powellton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Powellton is located in Fayette County
  • Handley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
    • Handley is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
  • Crown Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
    • Crown Hill is located in Kanawha County
  • East Bank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Shrewsbury is located in Kanawha County
  • Mount Carbon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
    • Eagle is located in Fayette County
  • Montgomery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Coalburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coalburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
    • Coalburg is located in Kanawha County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Jarrolds Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrolds Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
      • Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
    • Winifrede Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winifrede Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede Junction
      • Winifrede Junction is located in Kanawha County
    • Crescent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crescent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crescent
      • From Eskdale to Crescent

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eskdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eskdale.

Newspapers Published in Eskdale ...

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 Eskdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eskdale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eskdale.

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 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 Eskdale:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eskdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eskdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eskdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0910, Longitude: -81.4435    
<5>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.
<6>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 Eskdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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