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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fabius. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fabius to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fabius, please Contact Us.

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 Fabius (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 Fabius. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fabius is historic, it would have been located within present day Hardy 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 Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.

Below are the counties that are near Fabius. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fabius:

  • Hardy County     (The home county of Fabius)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Inkerman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
    • Fort Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
    • Baker
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Moorefield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lost City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wardensville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Durgon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Durgon is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
    • Mathias
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Peru
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peru is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Medley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lahmansville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
    • Arthur
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Arthur is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Seymourville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Seymourville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
    • Petersburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorcas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorcas is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
    • Maysville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Maysville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Greenland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Greenland is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Pansy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pansy is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
    • Seemly ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seemly is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
    • Hopeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hopeville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
    • Bayard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayard is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Hampshire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Junction is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
    • Romney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Romney is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <2>
    • Augusta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sedan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sedan is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Yellow Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Vance
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Vance is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Wapocomo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
    • Lehew
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lehew is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
    • Ritters
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ritters is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
    • Three Churches
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
    • North River Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
    • Capon Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Burlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Headsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Headsville is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
    • New Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartmansville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
    • Keyser
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
    • Elk Garden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrison is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Shaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shaw is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
    • Fort Ashby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Schell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Schell is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Windom ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Windom is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
  • Pendleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Ketterman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
    • Brushy Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
    • Kline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kline is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
  • Allegany County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Luke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Westernport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rawlings
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Garrett County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Kitzmiller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Schell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Bloomington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Frederick County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Lehew
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
    • Mountain Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
    • Rock Enon Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
    • Fawcett Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
    • Rosenberger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
    • Hayfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
    • Middletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rockingham County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Criders
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
    • Tunis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Fulks Run
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
  • Shenandoah County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fabius, with the one closest to Fabius listed first.
    • Jerome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Columbia Furnace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
    • Zepp
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
    • Basye - Bryce Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Orkney Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Calvary
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
    • Mount Clifton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Edinburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Edinburg is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <2>
    • Maurertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Toms Brook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
  • Warren County (VA)
    • Waterlick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick

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

Cemeteries Near Fabius ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fabius.

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 Fabius - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Dale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Burlington Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Heare Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Old Pine Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hotts Chapel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (203 more) ...
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Clagett Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mountaindale Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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.

Fabius itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Doman ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Doman is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
  • Needmore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Needmore is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Inkerman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
  • Old Fields
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Fields is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
  • Moorefield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Glebe ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Glebe is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
  • Kirby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirby is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Rio
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rio is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
  • Purgitsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Purgitsville is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgitsville
  • Rockland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockland is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Perry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Perry is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
  • Ruckman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Williamsport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Williamsport is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
    • Wardensville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Medley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Fabius ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fabius.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fabius, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fabius.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Fabius:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fabius, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fabius) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.