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 Intermont (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 Intermont. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Intermont is located in Hampshire 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 Hampshire County: Allegany (MD), Frederick (VA), Hardy, Mineral & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Intermont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Intermont:
- Hampshire County (The home county of Intermont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Lehew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Capon Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Slanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Good
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Romney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Higginsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Three Churches
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Vance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gerrardstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Inwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Medley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Wardensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Inkerman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Fort Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Lost City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Fort Ashby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keyser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Short Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Paw Paw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Hansrote
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Stotlers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Keifers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keifers is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
- Oldtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Gap is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Clarke County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- White Post
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wadesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wadesville is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesville
- Berrys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Berryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Lehew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Mountain Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Rock Enon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Fawcett Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rosenberger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Hayfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Chambersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Nordic Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Middletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Day - Mar Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Good
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Echo Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Cross Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Page County (VA)
- Rileyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rappahannock County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Chester Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Zepp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Strasburg Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Strasburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maurertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calvary
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Dilbeck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Willow Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Seven Fountains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Jerome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Reliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Waterlick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Ashby
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Riverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Royal Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Bentonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Front Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Overall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Milldale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milldale is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
- Applewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Winchester City (VA)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Intermont, see our County-by-County Page for Intermont.
Cemeteries Near Intermont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Intermont.
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 Intermont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Intermont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Clagett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Racey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heare Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Capon Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Intermont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Intermont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Intermont, with the one closest to Intermont listed first.
- Capon Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Delray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wardensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Lehew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Dillons Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dillons Run is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillons Run
- Rio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Gravel Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
- Hooks Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
- Mountain Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rock Enon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Ruckman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Intermont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Intermont.
Newspapers Published in Intermont ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Intermont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Intermont, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Intermont.
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 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 Intermont:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hampshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkeley County
- Grant County
- Hardy County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Allegany County
- Clarke County
- Frederick County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- 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> | 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 Intermont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Intermont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |