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 Jerryville (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 Jerryville. 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.
Jerryville is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Braxton, Greenbrier, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph & Upshur.
Below are the counties that are near Jerryville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jerryville:
- Webster County (The home county of Jerryville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Ralph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Addison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Excelsior
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Orndoff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Upperglade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Halo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Cowen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Welch Glade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Big Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Camden-on-Gauley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Hacker Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Erbacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Replete
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Palmer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Milroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Milroy is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Little Birch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Canfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Corley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corley is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- McNutt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Falls Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill
- Flatwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bulltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Herold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Heaters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Napier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Widen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Wattsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Loveridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Loveridge is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveridge
- Oscar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oscar is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Lile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Falling Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lewis County
- Duffy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Richwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Craigsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beaver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Saxman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Donald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Nettie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Birch River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tolbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Odell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Muddlety
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Carl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Slaty Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edray is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edray
- Onoto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Onoto is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoto
- Marlinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thorny Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sitlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sitlington is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitlington
- Watoga ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Watoga is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watoga
- Huntersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Frost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Blue Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Spring is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Mingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Monterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Florence ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Pickens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Head
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elkwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwater is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwater
- Lee Bell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Bell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Bell
- Huttonsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Huff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huff is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Kanawha Head
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Alton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Wilsontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Beans Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Rock Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Frenchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jerryville, see our County-by-County Page for Jerryville.
Cemeteries Near Jerryville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jerryville.
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 Jerryville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jerryville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Meadowland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pt. Mountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap Memorial Garden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adam Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Fork Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cutlip Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Handschumacher Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hannah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Gibson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cowger Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varner Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jerryville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jerryville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jerryville, with the one closest to Jerryville listed first.
- Bergoo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bergoo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergoo
- Ralph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Bernardstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bernardstown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardstown
- Woodzell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodzell is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodzell
- Addison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Jumbo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Upperglade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Diana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diana is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Halo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Blue Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Spring is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Welch Glade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Monterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Edray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edray is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edray
- Florence ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Hacker Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jerryville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jerryville.
Newspapers Published in Jerryville ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jerryville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jerryville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jerryville.
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 either 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 Jerryville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Clay County
- Greenbrier County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph County
- Upshur 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> | 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 Jerryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jerryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |