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 Flat Top (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 Flat Top. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Flat Top is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Flat Top. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Top:
Mercer County (The home county of Flat Top)
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Lashmeet (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Lashmeet is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Athens (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Matoaka (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Matoaka is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Oak Grove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Oak Grove is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Weyanoke (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Weyanoke is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Princeton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Johnston Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Johnston Town is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town Elgood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Elgood is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood El Centro ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
El Centro was located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Montcalm (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Montcalm is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Blake ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Blake was located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake East River ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East River was located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Edison (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Edison is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Prince (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Quinnimont (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Quinnimont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont McKendree (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
McKendree is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree Kilsyth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Kilsyth is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth Mount Hope (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Alaska ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Alaska was located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska Harvey (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Harvey is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Pax (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pax is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
Redstar (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Redstar is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar Sewell Knob ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Sewell Knob was located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob Sewell Knob has also been known as:
Swell Knob Stonecliff ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Stonecliff was located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff Stonecliff has also been known as:
Stone Cliff White Oak Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction Meadow Bridge (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
Greenbrier County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Alderson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Vale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Vale is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Logan County
Rich Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Elkhorn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Keystone (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Kimball (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Anawalt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Big Four (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Thorpe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Gary (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Welch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Davy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Ballard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Peterstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Wayside (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Creamery (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Creamery is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Assurance (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Wikel (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Wolfcreek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek Union (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Union is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Shady Spring (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Coal City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Princewick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Sullivan (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Daniels (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Tilden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Pemberton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Eastgulf (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Rhodell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Beaver (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Sophia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Helen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Pipestem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Jumping Branch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Nimitz (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz True (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Packs Ferry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Bellepoint (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Brooklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Mercers Saltworks was located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Buck (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Forest Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hilldale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale New Richmond ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
New Richmond was located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Bud (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Keyrock (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Keyrock is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock Pineville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Rock View (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Mullensville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Turkey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Woosley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Kopperston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Kopperston is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston Wyoming (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Fanny (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Oceana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Stoneville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Round Bottom (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Rocky Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Hicksville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Bastian (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Glen Lyn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Rich Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Shumate (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Narrows (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Pocahontas (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Yards (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Bluefield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Falls Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Boissevain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Saint Clair (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Abbs Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Top, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Top .
Cemeteries Near Flat Top ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Top.
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 Flat Top - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Top covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Camp Creek Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lilly Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hatcher Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hatcher Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Meador Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dunns Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Brammer Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Crook Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Russ Lilly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Williams Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lilly - Crews Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly - Crews Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lilly - Crews Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Nimitz . The Lilly - Crews Cemetery has also been known as:
Crews Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960819 <2>
Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (441 more) ...
Hall Family Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Family Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Shady Spring . Farley Farm Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Farm Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Farley Farm Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Pipestem . The Farley Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
Archibald & Jermima Farley Cemetery Snider Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Flat Top had a population of 13 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Top, with the one closest to Flat Top listed first.
Dunns (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dunns is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Odd (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Odd is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Egeria (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Egeria is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeria Ellison (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Ellison is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Pipestem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Jumping Branch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Shady Spring (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Spanishburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
True (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Pemberton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Daniels (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Pinoak (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Pinoak is also located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinoak Continue List (17 more) ...
Warford ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Warford was located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warford Packs Ferry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Crow (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Crow is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Top. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Top .
Newspapers Published in Flat Top ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Top.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Top, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Flat Top.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Flat Top:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fayette County Greenbrier County Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Giles County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flat Top. 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 . 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- Flat Top) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Flat Top, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.