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 Kelly Hill (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 Kelly Hill. 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 doctors 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.
Kelly Hill is located in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County : Boone , Clay , Fayette , Jackson , Lincoln , Nicholas , Putnam , Raleigh & Roane .
Below are the counties that are near Kelly Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kelly Hill:
Kanawha County (The home county of Kelly Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Clendenin (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Reamer (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Reamer is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer Falling Rock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Falling Rock is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock Wellford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wellford is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Youngs Bottom (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Youngs Bottom is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom Apgah ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Apgah was located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Three Mile (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Three Mile is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile Coco (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Coco is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Elkview (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Jarretts Ford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jarretts Ford is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford Wills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Wills is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Pinch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Pinch is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch Aarons (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Aarons is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Bloomingrose (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bloomingrose is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose Comfort (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Rumble (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Rumble is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble Joes Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Joes Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek Ashford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Brushton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Brushton is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton Dartmont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Dartmont is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont Eden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Eden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Emmons (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Emmons is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Grippe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Grippe is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe Racine (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Racine is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine Sharlow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Sharlow is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow Fosterville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Fosterville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville Braxton County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Elmira (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Elmira is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Strange Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Strange Creek is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek Clem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Clem is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem Sleith ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Sleith was located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith Frametown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Frametown is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown Rockton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rockton is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton Wilsie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Wilsie is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie Herold (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Herold is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold Twistville ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Twistville was located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville Calhoun County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Oka (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Oka is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka Mudfork (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Mudfork is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork Stinson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Stinson is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson Beech (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Beech is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Walnut (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Walnut is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Pink (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Pink is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Losie ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Losie was located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie Gomez ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Gomez was located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Orma (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Orma is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma Arnoldsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg Rocksdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale Hur (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hur is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Porter (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Porter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Bomont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Bomont is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont Procious (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Elkhurst (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Elkhurst is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst Valley Fork (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Valley Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork Hartland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hartland is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Clay (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Spread (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Spread is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Dink (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Dink is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink Gould (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Gould is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Swandale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Swandale is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandale Lydia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lydia is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia Harrison (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Harrison is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Cannelton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Cannelton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton Montgomery (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Crescent (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Crescent is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Smithers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Gauley Bridge (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mount Carbon (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon Kimberly (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Kimberly is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Falls View (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Falls View is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View Romont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Romont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont Powellton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Powellton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton Elkridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Elkridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Ansted (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Leander (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Leander is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander Gilmer County
Shock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Shock is located in Gilmer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Romance (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Romance is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance Fletcher (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Fletcher is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Kentuck (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Kentuck is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck Kenna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Aplin ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Aplin was located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin Statts Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Statts Mills is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills Fairplain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Fairplain is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain Hereford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hereford is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford Liverpool (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Liverpool is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool Ripley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Alum Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Priestley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Priestley is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley Nicholas County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Dixie (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Dixie is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Beech Glen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen Tipton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Tipton is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Albion ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Albion was located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Zela (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Zela is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela Keslers Cross Lanes (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes Muddlety (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Muddlety is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety Morrison ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Morrison was located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Summersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Liberty (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Sigman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Sigman is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman Paradise (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Paradise is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Poca (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Raymond City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Raymond City is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City Bancroft (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bancroft is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
Morgans Landing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing Red House (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Winfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Scott Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Scott Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village Eleanor (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Teays Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Kester ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Kester was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Pigeon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Walton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Mattie ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Mattie was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Looneyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Cicerone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Cicerone is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone Woodyard ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Woodyard was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Roxalana (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Roxalana is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana Rushville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Rushville is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville Zona (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Zona is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona Flint Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Flint Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town Graux (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Graux is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux Spencer (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kelly Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Kelly Hill .
Cemeteries Near Kelly Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kelly Hill.
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 Kelly Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kelly Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Hayes Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Reamer Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Clendenin Memorial Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Price Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Seabolt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Koontz Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Osborne Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
White Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Taylor Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Clendenin . Deverick Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hindsman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Cummings Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Continue List (632 more) ...
Keffer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Rucker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Sand Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Kelly Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kelly Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kelly Hill, with the one closest to Kelly Hill listed first.
Clendenin (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Wellford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wellford is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Apgah ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Apgah was located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Osbornes Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Osbornes Mills is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornes Mills Coco (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Coco is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Odell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Odell is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Jarrett (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jarrett is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett Gazil ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Gazil was located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazil Amma (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Amma is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amma Clio (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Clio is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Procious (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Pigeon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Continue List (14 more) ...
Kester ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Kester was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Kettle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Kettle is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Blundon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Blundon is also located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kelly Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kelly Hill .
Newspapers Published in Kelly Hill ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kelly Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kelly Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Kelly Hill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Kelly Hill:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Kanawha County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Braxton County Calhoun County Clay County Fayette County Gilmer County Jackson County Lincoln County Nicholas County Putnam County Roane County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kelly Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Kanawha County: https://kanawha.us/
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 . 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- Kelly Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Kelly Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.