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 Fink (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 Fink. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fink is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Upshur & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Fink. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fink:
- Lewis County (The home county of Fink)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Hurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Valley Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lightburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Smith Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Cox Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jane Lew
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alkires Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Pepper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pepper is located in Barbour County
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- Elk City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
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- Berryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berryburg is located in Barbour County
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- Tygart Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Orlando
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Knawl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Knawl is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Bulltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
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- Napier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
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- Rollyson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
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- Falls Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heaters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Braxton County
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- Lloydsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Staten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Freed
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Saint Clara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
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- Avondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Conings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Stouts Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Tichenal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tichenal
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McWhorter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
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- West Milford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Lost Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Reynoldsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
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- O'Neill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Katy Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- Wilsonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Big Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Marion County
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- Logansport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logansport is located in Marion County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Adlai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Berea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Pullman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Slab
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Burnt House
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Stanley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Pennsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Astor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
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- Flemington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Oreide
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oreide is located in Taylor County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Big Moses
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Atwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Abbott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
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- Frenchton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
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- Buckhannon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Adrian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
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- Hoover Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
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- Rock Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
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- Wilsontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
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- Reger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Teter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
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- Sago
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
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- Overhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
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- Kanawha Head
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
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- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Replete
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Ross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Smithfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane
- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fink, see our County-by-County Page for Fink.
Cemeteries Near Fink ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fink.
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 Fink - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fink covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Woofter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halderman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redemption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woofter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snider Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Earnest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Fink in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fink.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fink, with the one closest to Fink listed first.
- Saint Clara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Churchville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Alum Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Vadis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Leopold
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Conings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Freemansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freemansburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg
- Benson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- New Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fink. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fink.
Newspapers Published in Fink ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fink.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fink, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fink.
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 Fink:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Taylor County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Wetzel County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Fink, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fink) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |