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 Johnston Town (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 Johnston Town. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Johnston Town is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Johnston Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnston Town:
Mercer County (The home county of Johnston Town)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Princeton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
El Centro ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Edison (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Edison is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Oak Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Oak Grove is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Littlesburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Lashmeet (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Blake ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Blake is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Matoaka (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Bethel ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Flipping (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Montcalm (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm East River ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Bluefield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Logan County
Rich Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Elkhorn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Anawalt (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Northfork (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Keystone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Kimball (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Thorpe (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Big Four (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Gary (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Welch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bishop (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Bishop is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Newhall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Newhall is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall Davy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Peterstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Ballard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Assurance (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Wikel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Wayside (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Rhodell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Eastgulf (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Princewick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Helen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Coal City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Ury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Stotesbury (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Shady Spring (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Sophia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Sullivan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Slab Fork (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Pemberton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Tilden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Pipestem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
True (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Jumping Branch (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Nimitz (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Packs Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Bellepoint (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Buck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Forest Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs Hilldale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Bud (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Pineville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Woosley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Keyrock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Keyrock is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock Mullensville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Rock View (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Wyoming (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Fanny (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Turkey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Rocky Gap (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Round Bottom (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Hicksville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Bastian (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Glen Lyn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Shumate (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Rich Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Narrows (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Thessalia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Bluff City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Poplar Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Pembroke (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Eggleston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Goodwins Ferry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry Pulaski County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Sassin ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Hilton Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village Pulaski (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Parrott (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Parrott is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Dublin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Wurno (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Wurno is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Bluefield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Yards (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Pocahontas (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Saint Clair (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Boissevain (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Abbs Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Shawver Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill Springville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Little Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Little Town is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town Wittens Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills Five Oaks (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks Adria (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Wythe County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Kent (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Kent is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Max Meadows (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Wytheville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Fort Chiswell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell Locust Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Locust Hill is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnston Town, see our County-by-County Page for Johnston Town .
Cemeteries Near Johnston Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnston Town.
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 Johnston Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnston Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
Hall - Gott Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Frye Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Roselawn Memorial Garden (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Roselawn Memorial Garden (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Resthaven Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Oakwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
King Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Donley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Smith Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lincoln Park Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Honaker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Winfrey Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (366 more) ...
Bratton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Belcher Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Roach Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Johnston Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnston Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnston Town, with the one closest to Johnston Town listed first.
New Hope (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Princeton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Ada (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Ingleside (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ingleside is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Lashmeet (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Bethel ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Spanishburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Duhring (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Duhring is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duhring Flipping (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Bluefield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
East River ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Pinoak (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pinoak is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinoak Continue List (13 more) ...
Byron (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Byron is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron Rocky Gap (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Freeman (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnston Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnston Town .
Newspapers Published in Johnston Town ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnston Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnston Town, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Johnston Town.
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 Johnston Town:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Giles County Pulaski County Tazewell County Wythe County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnston Town. 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. 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 Johnston Town, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnston Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.