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 Glen Fork (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 Glen Fork. 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 Glen Fork ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Glen Fork: Glen Frk.
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.
Glen Fork is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo & Raleigh.
Below are the counties that are near Glen Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen Fork:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Glen Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Kopperston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Keyrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Turkey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Rock View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Oceana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pineville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mullensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Clear Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Fanny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Sun Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Rocklick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bald Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Barrett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Twilight
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Pondco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco
- Bandytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Bim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bim is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim
- Stark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Janie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Cazy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cazy is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazy
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Pax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kilsyth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Harvey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Redstar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- McDunn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Prince
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whipple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Elkridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- McKendree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Acme
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Carbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Braeholm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Mineral City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Accoville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mallory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Wylo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Kistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Man
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sodom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Fort Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Stirrat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Switzer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Switzer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Omar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Davy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Kimball
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Welch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Big Four
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Keystone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Northfork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roderfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roderfield is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield
- Kyle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Wilmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmore is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Elkhorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Gary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gary is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Matoaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Coaldale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Lashmeet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Bramwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Flipping
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Freeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Montcalm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Nemours
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Littlesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Yards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Gilbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Baisden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wharncliffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pie is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Musick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Musick is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Bolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Redbird
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Slab Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork
- Pineknob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Arnett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Zada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Helen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Tolleys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tolleys is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolleys
- Naoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Summers County
- Jumping Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Tazewell County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Pocahontas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Boissevain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Yards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Glen Fork.
Cemeteries Near Glen Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen Fork.
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 Glen Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Glen Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tilley - Tolliver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey-Toler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bower Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Farmer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Bolt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78339 <3>
- Accord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Accord Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bolt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77519 <3>
- Richmond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brown - Browning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (547 more) ...
- Trump Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Worley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Glen Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen Fork, with the one closest to Glen Fork listed first.
- Jesse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jesse is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
- McGraws
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McGraws is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraws
- Crany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Rock View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Saulsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saulsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsville
- Oceana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newfound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Pineville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Redbird
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Sun Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Dry Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Bald Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen Fork.
Newspapers Published in Glen Fork ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen Fork, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen Fork.
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 Glen Fork:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Mingo County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Tazewell 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Glen Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Glen Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |