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 Hatcher (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 Hatcher. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hatcher 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 Hatcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hatcher:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Hatcher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Oceana
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kopperston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
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- Turkey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
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- Clear Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
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- Rock View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
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- Sun Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
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- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
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- Keyrock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
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- Uno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
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- Mullensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
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- Pineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baileysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Fanny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
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- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Rocklick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
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- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
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- Bald Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
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- Barrett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
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- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
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- Pondco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
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- Twilight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
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- Bandytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
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- Bim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bim is located in Boone County
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- Stark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Boone County
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- Cazy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cazy is located in Boone County
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- Kohlsaat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kohlsaat is located in Boone County
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- Bob White
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bob White is located in Boone County
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- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Pax
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Kilsyth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
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- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
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- Elkridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
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- McDunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
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- Redstar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
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- Whipple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Acme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
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- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
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- Eskdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
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- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Mineral City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Accoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Braeholm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Mallory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
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- Wylo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
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- Kistler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
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- Man
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sodom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
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- Fort Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Stirrat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Omar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Switzer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Switzer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Davy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Big Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
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- Roderfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roderfield is located in McDowell County
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- Wilmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmore is located in McDowell County
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- Welch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kimball
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Iaeger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Big Four
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
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- Union City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Keystone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northfork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County
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- Panther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panther is located in McDowell County
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- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Coaldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
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- Weyanoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
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- Matoaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Bramwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
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- Freeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
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- Lashmeet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
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- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baisden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Wharncliffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pie is located in Mingo County
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- Musick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Musick is located in Mingo County
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- Red Jacket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County
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- Thacker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County
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- Matewan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blackberry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Delbarton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Redbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
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- Bolt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
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- Naoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
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- Pineknob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Arnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Zada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
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- Slab Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County
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- Montcoal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
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- Stickney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
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- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
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- Ury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ury is located in Raleigh County
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- Helen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Helen is located in Raleigh County
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- Pike County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Majestic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Pike County (KY)
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- Stopover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stopover is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Freeburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Buskirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- McCarr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Jackson Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Peapatch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Paynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Height
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Height is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Kelsa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Tazewell County (VA)
- Pocahontas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hatcher, see our County-by-County Page for Hatcher.
Cemeteries Near Hatcher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hatcher.
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 Hatcher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hatcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown - Browning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milty T Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frye Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey-Toler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Trace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cline Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Workman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tilley - Tolliver Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (650 more) ...
- Webb Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Browning Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Hatcher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hatcher.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hatcher, with the one closest to Hatcher listed first.
- Oceana
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jesse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jesse is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
- Crany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Sun Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Rock View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Baileysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Pineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McGraws
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McGraws is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraws
- Newfound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Saulsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saulsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsville
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Redbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bald Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Christian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Christian is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hatcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hatcher.
Newspapers Published in Hatcher ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hatcher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hatcher, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hatcher.
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 Hatcher:
- 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
- Pike County
- Buchanan 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> | 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' (or 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- Hatcher) 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 Hatcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |