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 Hardy (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 Hardy. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hardy is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Hardy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardy:
Mercer County (The home county of Hardy)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
East River ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Blake ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Blake is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Oakvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Oak Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Oak Grove is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Princeton (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
El Centro ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Athens (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Johnston Town (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Johnston Town is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town Edison (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Edison is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Willowton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Elgood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Bethel ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Littlesburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Logan County
Rich Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Elkhorn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Anawalt (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Kyle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Keystone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Thorpe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Kimball (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Big Four (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Gary (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Bishop (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bishop is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Peterstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ballard (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Assurance (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Wikel (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Wayside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Creamery (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Creamery is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Rhodell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Eastgulf (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Princewick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Coal City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Shady Spring (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Helen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Sullivan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Ury (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Tilden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Sophia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Beaver (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Daniels (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Pipestem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
True (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Packs Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Forest Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Nimitz (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Buck (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Bellepoint (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Jumping Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Bargers Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs Brooklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hilldale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Bud (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Round Bottom (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Rocky Gap (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Hicksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Mechanicsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Bastian (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Bland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Shumate (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Glen Lyn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Narrows (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Rich Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Thessalia (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Bluff City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Poplar Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Pembroke (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Eggleston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Goodwins Ferry (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry Mountain Lake (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Montgomery County (VA)
Prices Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork Pulaski County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Sassin ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Hilton Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village Pulaski (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Parrott (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Parrott is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Dublin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wurno (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wurno is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno Newbern (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cowan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cowan is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Draper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Fairlawn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Mack Creek Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village Radford City (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
New Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
New Town is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Radford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Radford Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Radford Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village Sunset Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Sunset Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village Mill Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mill Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village Simpkins Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Simpkins Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Bluefield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Falls Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Yards (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Saint Clair (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Pocahontas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Boissevain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Shawver Mill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill Little Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Little Town is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town Springville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Abbs Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Wittens Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills Five Oaks (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks Bishop (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Wythe County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
Max Meadows (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Kent (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Kent is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Locust Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Locust Hill is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill Fort Chiswell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell Wytheville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Siloam (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Siloam is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Crockett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardy, see our County-by-County Page for Hardy .
Cemeteries Near Hardy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardy.
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 Hardy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hardy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
White Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bray Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Tiller Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
White Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hop Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wagner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Parmer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Reed Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Tynes & Ferguson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Shields Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Brown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Continue List (380 more) ...
Hogan Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Miller Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Elmore Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hardy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
East River ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Ingleside (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ingleside is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Oakvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Princeton (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rocky Gap (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Ada (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Ada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Byron (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Byron is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron New Hope (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
New Hope is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Bethel ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Willowton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Elgood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Holly Brook (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Holly Brook is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Brook Continue List (13 more) ...
Shumate (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Hicksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Kimberling (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Kimberling is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardy .
Newspapers Published in Hardy ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardy, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Hardy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hardy:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Giles County Montgomery County Pulaski County Radford City Tazewell County Wythe County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hardy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Hardy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Hardy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.