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 Freemansburg (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 Freemansburg. 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.
Freemansburg 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 Freemansburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freemansburg:
- Lewis County (The home county of Freemansburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Valley Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Lightburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Jane Lew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Alkires Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
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- Garton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
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- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Lewis County
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- Hurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Pepper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pepper is located in Barbour County
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- Elk City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
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- Audra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
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- Berryburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berryburg is located in Barbour County
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- Tygart Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
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- Adaland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Adaland is located in Barbour County
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- Wellington Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County
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- Philippi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Barbour County
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- Clements ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
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- Meriden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Barbour County
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- Arden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
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- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Orlando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Knawl
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knawl is located in Braxton County
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- Bulltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
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- Napier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
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- Falls Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
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- Rollyson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Heaters
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Corley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lloydsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
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- Milroy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Milroy is located in Braxton County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Big Isaac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Saint Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Avondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Conings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Stouts Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newberne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Tichenal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- McWhorter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
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- Lost Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- West Milford
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Craigmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Craigmoor is located in Harrison County
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- O'Neill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Quiet Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
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- Wilsonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Clarksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Big Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Marion County
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- Eldora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eldora is located in Marion County
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- Helens Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Helens Run is located in Marion County
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- Whitehall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logansport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logansport is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Monongah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County
- Midvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midvale is located in Randolph County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Berea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Pullman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Toll Gate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Burnt House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Stanley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pennsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ellenboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Astor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
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- Flemington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Oreide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oreide is located in Taylor County
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- Brydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
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- Pruntytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
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- Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
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- Stone House ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
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- Yates ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Big Moses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
- Blue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Abbott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
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- Buckhannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frenchton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
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- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
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- Hoover Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
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- Reger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Teter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
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- Rock Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
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- Sago
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
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- Wilsontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Excelsior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
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- Overhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
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- Tallmansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Replete
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Replete is located in Webster County
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- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Bane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane
- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freemansburg, see our County-by-County Page for Freemansburg.
Cemeteries Near Freemansburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freemansburg.
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 Freemansburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freemansburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Waldeck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gee Lick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bailey Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Butcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McCann Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Machperlah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woofter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Harrison Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middle Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Freemansburg had a population of 72 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freemansburg, with the one closest to Freemansburg listed first.
- Camden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Churchville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deanville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Lightburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Kincheloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kincheloe is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincheloe
- Benson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Jane Lew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Goodhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodhope is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Big Isaac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Isaac
- Alkires Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Saint Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Vadis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freemansburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freemansburg.
Newspapers Published in Freemansburg ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freemansburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freemansburg, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freemansburg.
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 Freemansburg:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Braxton County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Randolph County
- Ritchie County
- Taylor County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Wetzel County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
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| <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 Freemansburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Freemansburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |