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 Kathryn (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 Kathryn. 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.
Kathryn is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh & Summers.
Below are the counties that are near Kathryn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kathryn:
- Fayette County (The home county of Kathryn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- McKendree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Prince
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Meadow Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Bellwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Concho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concho is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concho
- Boone County
- Whitesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Vale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Rainelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Charmco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Rupert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crawley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crichton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kieffer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Alderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Creamery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wolfcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Wayside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Ballard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wikel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Runa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Albion ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Tipton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Odell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Beech Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Abraham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Terry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Clifftop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Stanaford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- White Stick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Bradley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Beaver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Bellepoint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Hilldale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Talcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Lowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Wyoming County
- Mullens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kathryn, see our County-by-County Page for Kathryn.
Cemeteries Near Kathryn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kathryn.
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 Kathryn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kathryn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Beechnut Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut Cemetery
- The Beechnut Cemetery has also been known as:
- Charles Harrah Cemetery
- Harrah Cemetery
- Jim Harrah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2608668 <2>
- Goddard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Layland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Cemetery
- The Layland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Knob Church Cemetery
- Royal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Patton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- William Kidwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Kidwell Cemetery
- The William Kidwell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kidwell Cemetery
- Richmond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wickline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shuck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Smailes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plumley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Colmans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Kathryn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kathryn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kathryn, with the one closest to Kathryn listed first.
- Glade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Crickmer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crickmer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crickmer
- Prince
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- McKendree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Beury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beury is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beury
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kathryn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kathryn.
Newspapers Published in Kathryn ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kathryn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kathryn, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kathryn.
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 Kathryn:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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 Kathryn, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kathryn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |