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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 Gauley Mills (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 Gauley Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Gauley Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gauley Mills: Gauley Mls. (or less commonly used: Gauley Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Gauley Mills is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Braxton, Greenbrier, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph & Upshur.
Below are the counties that are near Gauley Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gauley Mills:
- Webster County (The home county of Gauley Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Welch Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Upperglade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Halo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Excelsior
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Erbacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Addison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Orndoff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Ralph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Big Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Hacker Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Little Birch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Canfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Herold
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Palmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Sutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Strange Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- McNutt
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Gassaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Frametown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Clem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Widen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Wattsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Ira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Gould
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Clay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spread
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Dink
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Clifty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Leander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Hilton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Lookout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Romont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Lile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Quinwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Crichton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Loveridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loveridge is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveridge
- Orient Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Oscar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oscar is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Charmco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Sunlight
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sunlight is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lewis County
- Duffy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Donald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Saxman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Nettie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tolbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Muddlety
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Birch River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Odell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Summersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Slaty Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Onoto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Onoto is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoto
- Edray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edray is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edray
- Buckeye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watoga ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watoga is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watoga
- Marlinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thorny Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Florence ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Blue Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Spring is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Pickens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Upshur County
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gauley Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Gauley Mills.
Cemeteries Near Gauley Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gauley Mills.
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 Gauley Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gauley Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Black's Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Trail Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Powers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Handschumacher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mullens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Dunlap Memorial Garden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hinkle Mtn. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Gauley Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gauley Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gauley Mills, with the one closest to Gauley Mills listed first.
- Welch Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Strouds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strouds is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Upperglade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Delphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delphi is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Halo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Boggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boggs is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Persinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Persinger is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persinger
- Richwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ophelia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ophelia is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophelia
- Addison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Hookersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Muddlety
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Birch River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gauley Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gauley Mills.
Newspapers Published in Gauley Mills ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gauley Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gauley Mills, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gauley Mills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Gauley Mills:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph County
- Upshur 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 Gauley Mills, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gauley Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |