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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Holstead. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holstead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holstead, 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 Holstead (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 Holstead. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Holstead is historic, it would have been located within present day Braxton 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 Braxton County: Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Holstead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holstead:
- Braxton County (The home county of Holstead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Little Birch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
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- Palmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Sutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- McNutt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Flatwoods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gassaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Corley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Corley is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Lloydsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Milroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milroy is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Rockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Losie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Mudfork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Orma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Arnoldsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Staten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Wattsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Widen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Ira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Gould
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Lydia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Dink
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Spread
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Hartland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Elkhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Cedarville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Stouts Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Shock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Sand Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Normantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stumptown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- De Kalb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Greenbrier County
- Lile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Duffy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
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- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Alkires Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Craigsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Muddlety
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Donald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Summersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nettie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saxman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Tolbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Odell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Zela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Pocahontas County
- Slaty Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Florence ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Pickens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helvetia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Spring is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Monterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Kanawha Head
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Wilsontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Rock Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Frenchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
- Alexander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Hoover Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Town
- Alton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Abbott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Beans Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Erbacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Big Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Halo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Orndoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Cowen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Excelsior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Replete
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Welch Glade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Upperglade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Camden-on-Gauley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Addison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Hacker Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ralph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holstead, see our County-by-County Page for Holstead.
Cemeteries Near Holstead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holstead.
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 Holstead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holstead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCourt - Cogar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barnett Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centralia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Morton Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braxton County Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- McElwain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Columbus McCourt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Holstead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holstead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holstead, with the one closest to Holstead listed first.
- Bakers Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bakers Run is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Run
- Little Birch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Boggs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boggs is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Sutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Canfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McNutt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Halo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Diana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Diana is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Caress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caress
- Little Otter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Otter is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Otter
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Flatwoods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Herold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holstead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holstead.
Newspapers Published in Holstead ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holstead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holstead, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holstead.
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 Holstead:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Braxton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Greenbrier County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
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 Holstead, 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> | 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- Holstead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |