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 Hokes Mill (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 Hokes Mill. 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 Hokes Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Hokes Mill: Hokes Ml. (or less commonly used: Hokes Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Hokes Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hokes Mill may originally have been Hoke's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hokes Mill might be written as Hoke Mill.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Hokes Mill is located in Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County: Alleghany (VA), Bath (VA), Fayette, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Summers & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Hokes Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hokes Mill:
- Greenbrier County (The home county of Hokes Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Fort Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Frazier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Ronceverte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richlands is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Clendenenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clendenenville is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenenville
- Tuckahoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Brink ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Spring Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Meadow Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Bellwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Maywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Hilton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Clifftop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quinnimont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County
- Elgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Wolfcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hollywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Creamery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wikel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Assurance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Ballard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peterstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Abraham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Royal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Riffe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Talcott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bargers Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Hilldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Forest Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Bellepoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Hinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brooklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Packs Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Alleghany County (VA)
- Moss Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Botetourt County (VA)
- Oriskany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Covington City (VA)
- Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Craig County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Captain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Captain is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Simmonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Huffman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Huffman is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Kire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kire is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Mountain Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Pembroke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Rich Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eggleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lurich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Pearisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Lyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Narrows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Montgomery County (VA)
- Mount Tabor Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Roanoke County (VA)
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hokes Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Hokes Mill.
Cemeteries Near Hokes Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hokes Mill.
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 Hokes Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hokes Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Adwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Rehobeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alderson Fletcher Addition Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Stone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Harrah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dowdy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Hokes Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hokes Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hokes Mill, with the one closest to Hokes Mill listed first.
- Nickells Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nickells Mill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickells Mill
- Sinks Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sinks Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Grove
- Patton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Patton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Fort Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Monitor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monitor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Pickaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pickaway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickaway
- Ronceverte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Knobs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knobs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Blaker Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blaker Mills is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaker Mills
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hollywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hokes Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hokes Mill.
Newspapers Published in Hokes Mill ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hokes Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hokes Mill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hokes Mill.
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 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 Hokes Mill:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Greenbrier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Alleghany County
- Botetourt County
- Covington City
- Craig County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Roanoke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Hokes Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hokes Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |