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 Johnnycake (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 Johnnycake. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Johnnycake is located in McDowell 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 McDowell County : Buchanan (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , Mercer , Mingo & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Johnnycake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnnycake:
McDowell County (The home county of Johnnycake)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Iaeger (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Union City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Wilmore (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Panther (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Panther is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Avondale (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Big Sandy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Big Sandy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Roderfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Roderfield is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield Wyoming City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Davy (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Bradshaw (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Jackson Flats (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Paynesville is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Height (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Height is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Greenwood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Greenwood is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Rocklick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Rocklick is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick Bald Knob (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bald Knob is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob Barrett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Barrett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Pondco (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Pondco is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco Stark (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Stark is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Wylo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Wylo is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo Mallory (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mallory is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Mineral City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mineral City is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Man (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Accoville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Accoville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville Kistler (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Kistler is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Stirrat (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Braeholm (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Braeholm is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm Omar (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Switzer (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Whitman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Wilkinson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Fort Branch (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Fort Branch is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Coaldale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Bramwell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Coopers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Freeman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Weyanoke (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Nemours (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Yards (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Yards is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Mingo County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Gilbert Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek Baisden (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Wharncliffe (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Pie (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Musick (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Blackberry City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Sprigg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Delbarton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Myrtle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Helen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Rhodell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Bolt (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bolt is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt Redbird (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Redbird is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Ury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Eastgulf (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Slab Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Cub City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Baileysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Stoneville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Uno (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Fanny (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Sun Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Woosley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Clear Fork (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Wyoming (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mullensville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Pineville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Oceana (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rock View (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Majestic (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Majestic is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Stopover (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Stopover is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover Paw Paw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Freeburn (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Phelps (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Coleman (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Buskirk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McCarr (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Calloway Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch Ransom (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Fedscreek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek McVeigh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
McVeigh is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh Mouthcard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Mouthcard is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Jackson Flats (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Height (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Height is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Peapatch (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Matney (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Kelsa (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Bearwallow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Grundy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Janey (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey Royal City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City Big Rock (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Mavisdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale Vansant (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Russell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Dye (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Dye is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Russell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Russell is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Harman (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Bishop (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Dunford Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village Sayersville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Shraders (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Red Ash (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Red Ash is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Abbs Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Richlands (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Adria (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Cedar Bluff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Raven (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Raven is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Boissevain (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Maxwell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Maxwell is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnnycake, see our County-by-County Page for Johnnycake .
Cemeteries Near Johnnycake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnnycake.
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 Johnnycake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnnycake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Collins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Meadows Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Robert Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Kennedy Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lockhart Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lester Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Robert Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Steele Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Collins Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bowles Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lockhart Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Cline Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (498 more) ...
Trap Fork Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bailey Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Powell Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Johnnycake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnnycake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnnycake, with the one closest to Johnnycake listed first.
Iaeger (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
North Spring (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
North Spring is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring Hanover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Hanover is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Lincoln (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Bradshaw (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Baileysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Sun Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Christian (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Christian is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Paw Paw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Pineville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Bearwallow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Rock View (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Continue List (16 more) ...
Oceana (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Jamboree (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Jamboree is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree Man (18 miles [29 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 Johnnycake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnnycake .
Newspapers Published in Johnnycake ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnnycake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnnycake, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Johnnycake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Johnnycake:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to McDowell County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Logan County Mercer County Mingo County Raleigh County Wyoming County Pike County Buchanan County Russell County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnnycake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Johnnycake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnnycake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.