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 Flint Town (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 Flint Town. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Flint Town is located in Roane 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 Roane County: Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Flint Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flint Town:
- Roane County (The home county of Flint Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Zona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
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- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cicerone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Mattie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graux
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Reedy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Millard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Triplett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roxalana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Elmira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Pink
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Stinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Mudfork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Porter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Procious
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
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- Lydia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Bomont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Elkhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
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- Gould
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Clay County
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- Spread
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spread is located in Clay County
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- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Stumptown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Shock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
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- Statts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
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- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
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- Hereford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
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- Kentuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Meadowdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Romance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
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- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Odaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Island Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Sissonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
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- Wellford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Legg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
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- Falling Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reamer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Wills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
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- Elkview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
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- Three Mile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Baden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Arbuckle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
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- Grimms Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
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- Leon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Mason County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Letart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Letart is located in Mason County
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- Southside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Southside is located in Mason County
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- Flatrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
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- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Mason County
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- New Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
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- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
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- Sigman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
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- Paradise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
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- Bancroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Poca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
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- Red House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morgans Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
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- Winfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pliny
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pliny is located in Putnam County
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- Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Putnam County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Cisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Oxbow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Peewee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Elizabeth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Slate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Leachtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Portland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plants
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Spiller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
- Letart Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
- Dorcas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Racine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashan
- Syracuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flint Town, see our County-by-County Page for Flint Town.
Cemeteries Near Flint Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flint Town.
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 Flint Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flint Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Shadydale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Board Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Pine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harpold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodfell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (791 more) ...
- Parsons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gandee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Flint Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flint Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flint Town, with the one closest to Flint Town listed first.
- Red Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Red Knob is located in Roane County
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- Flatfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flatfork is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatfork
- Zona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Clarence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Gay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Higby ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Higby is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Countsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Countsville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countsville
- Louther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louther is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louther
- Belgrove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Belgrove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrove
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Gandeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gandeeville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandeeville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reedyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedyville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
- Peniel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peniel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
- Speed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Speed is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flint Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flint Town.
Newspapers Published in Flint Town ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flint Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flint Town, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flint Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Flint Town:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Mason County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Meigs 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 Flint Town, 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- Flint Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |