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 Garrison (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 Garrison. 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.
Garrison is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Garrison. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garrison:
- Boone County (The home county of Garrison)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Janie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Whitesville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Elk Run Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Sylvester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Keith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Orgas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Cabot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Prenter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prenter is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prenter
- Coopertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Joes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- McDunn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Elkridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Powellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Pax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Kimberly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Wriston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Crescent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Falls View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Dry Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Ronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Cabin Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Winifrede
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- Hollygrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Chesapeake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- East Bank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Alkol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Priestley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Alum Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- East ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Tango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Yawkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Garretts Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Sodom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Braeholm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Fort Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Kistler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mallory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Mineral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Man
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Banco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Chapmanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Beech Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Packsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Dorothy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Montcoal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Stickney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Naoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Arnett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Redbird
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bolt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Fairdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Kopperston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Oceana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Turkey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Keyrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Rock View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Clear Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Sun Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Pineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Uno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Baileysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Mullens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mullensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garrison, see our County-by-County Page for Garrison.
Cemeteries Near Garrison ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garrison.
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 Garrison - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garrison covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Mordue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Dorothy
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawson Cemetery
- Jarrells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Estep - Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sight Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little White Oak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little White Oak Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Orgas.
- The Little White Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80281 <2>
- Hodge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (619 more) ...
- Pineview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pineview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Orgas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79563 <2>
- Jarrells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Garrison in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garrison.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garrison, with the one closest to Garrison listed first.
- Jarrolds Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Decota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Bandytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Dry Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Clear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Van
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Van is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Bald Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mossy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Powellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dry Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Winifrede
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garrison. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garrison.
Newspapers Published in Garrison ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garrison.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garrison, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garrison.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Garrison:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Wyoming 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> | 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- Garrison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Garrison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |