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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Hiser. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hiser to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hiser, please Contact Us.

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 Hiser (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 Hiser. 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 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Hiser is historic, it would have been located within present day Grant 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 Grant County: Garrett (MD), Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton & Tucker.

Below are the counties that are near Hiser. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiser:

  • Grant County     (The home county of Hiser)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Dorcas
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Dorcas is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
    • Petersburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pansy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pansy is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
    • Seymourville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Seymourville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
    • Seemly ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Seemly is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
    • Arthur
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Arthur is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Hopeville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Hopeville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
    • Maysville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Maysville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Lahmansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
    • Greenland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Greenland is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Medley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dobbin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dobbin is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
  • Hampshire County
    • Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Junction is located in Hampshire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Hardy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Durgon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Durgon is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
    • Peru
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Peru is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Moorefield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
    • Mathias
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lost City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Baker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Baker is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Inkerman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
    • Wardensville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Hartmansville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
    • Sulphur City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
    • Burlington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Schell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Schell is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Elk Garden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Harrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Harrison is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • New Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Pendleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Ketterman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
    • Brushy Run
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
    • Kline
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kline is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Fort Seybert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
    • Macksville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Macksville is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
    • Onego
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Onego is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
    • Ruddle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
    • Brandywine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Propstburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Propstburg is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
    • Circleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Zigler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Zigler is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
  • Preston County
    • Horse Shoe Run
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Dryfork
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Harperton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Harperton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperton
    • Harman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Whitmer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitmer is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmer
    • Wymer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wymer is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
    • Evenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Evenwood is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
  • Tucker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Canaan Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Davis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Elk is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
    • Gladwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Gladwin is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
    • Coketon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Coketon is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
    • Thomas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pierce
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pierce is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Hendricks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hendricks is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Hambleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hambleton is located in Tucker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Garrett County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Wilson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Fort Pendleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
    • Schell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
    • Kitzmiller
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Red House
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
  • Rockingham County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Criders
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
    • Tunis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Fulks Run
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
    • Cootes Store
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
    • Turleytown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Turleytown is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
    • Timberville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Broadway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Broadway is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,995 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadway <2>
    • Cherry Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Singers Glen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Singers Glen is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singers Glen
    • Plains Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
  • Shenandoah County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.
    • Orkney Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Basye - Bryce Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Mount Clifton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Columbia Furnace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
    • Rinkerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
    • Mount Jackson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Calvary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiser, see our County-by-County Page for Hiser.

Cemeteries Near Hiser ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiser.

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 Hiser - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiser covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.

  • South Branch Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burlington Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Corbin Snyder Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Snyder Cemetery
    • The Corbin Snyder Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bennetts Run Cemetery
  • Moyers Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Perry Moyers Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Crab Run Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hevener Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • Caplinger Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • New Dale Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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.

While we didn't find Hiser in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiser.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiser, with the one closest to Hiser listed first.

  • Petersburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Masonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Masonville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
  • Pansy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pansy is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
  • Seemly ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Seemly is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
  • Seymourville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Seymourville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
  • Arthur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Arthur is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Peru
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Peru is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Jordan Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordan Run is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Run
  • Hopeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hopeville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
  • Maysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Maysville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Moorefield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brushy Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Lahmansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
    • Kline
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kline is located in Pendleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Mathias
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiser. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiser.

Newspapers Published in Hiser ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiser.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiser, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiser.

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 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 Hiser:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hiser, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiser) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.