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 Flower (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 Flower. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Flower is located in Braxton 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 Braxton County: Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Flower. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flower:
- Braxton County (The home county of Flower)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Arnett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
- Exchange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Lloydsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Rollyson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollyson
- Progress ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Heaters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Napier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Gassaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McNutt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Russet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Staten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Losie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Walnut
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Grantsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orma
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Arnoldsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Mudfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Hur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Beech
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Lydia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Ira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Wattsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Dink
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Widen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Gould
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Spread
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Valley Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Saint Clara
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Market
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- New Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Isaac
- Miletus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miletus
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Stouts Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Sand Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Normantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baldwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Alice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- De Kalb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Shock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Stumptown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- McWhorter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter
- Tichenal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tichenal
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Vadis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Alum Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Duffy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Hurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Crawford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Alkires Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Cox Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Town
- Weston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Garton Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garton Village
- Valley Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Birch River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tioga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Burnt House
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Lawford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Berea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Slab
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Pullman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Cantwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cokeleys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Oxbow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Hannahdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Roxalana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Graux
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Triplett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Looneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Frenchton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
- Kanawha Head
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Rock Cave
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Wilsontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Abbott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Hoover Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Town
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Adrian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Sago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- Beans Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Replete
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Big Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Erbacon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Hacker Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orndoff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Halo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Excelsior
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flower, see our County-by-County Page for Flower.
Cemeteries Near Flower ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flower.
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 Flower - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flower covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Rutherford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moyers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedarville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Cedarville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961158 <2>
- Moss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Currycomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Right Hand Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Conrad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Engel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- K of P Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Canfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Flower in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flower.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flower, with the one closest to Flower listed first.
- Copen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Copen is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Hope ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Cutlips
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cutlips is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlips
- German ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- German is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Hyers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hyers is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyers
- Stouts Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Sand Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Burnsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Truebada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Bennett ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Progress ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Home is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Lloydsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flower. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flower.
Newspapers Published in Flower ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flower.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flower, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flower.
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 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 Flower:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Braxton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Wirt 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Flower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |