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 Kincaid (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 Kincaid. 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 and doctors 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.
Kincaid 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 Kincaid. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kincaid:
- Fayette County (The home county of Kincaid)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- McDunn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Elkridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- Powellton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Wriston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Dempsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Falls View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Kimberly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Beckwith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whipple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Whitesville
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Elk Run Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Keith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Orgas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Coopertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Cabot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Fosterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Milltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Comfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Bomont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Elkhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Porter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- McRoss
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Rainelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charmco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Orient Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crichton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Hugheston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Ronda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Glasgow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- East Bank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Beech Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Runa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Zela
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Snow Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Dorothy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Bradley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Prosperity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Sweeneyburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Piney View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Terry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Packsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Skelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Arnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montcoal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Naoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Rock Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Wyoming County
- Kopperston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kincaid, see our County-by-County Page for Kincaid.
Cemeteries Near Kincaid ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kincaid.
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 Kincaid - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kincaid covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Page Tabernackle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Haven Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kingston Cemeteries
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wriston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scarbro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wriston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rinehart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wriston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Powers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Tyree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kincaid had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Mossy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Powellton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dempsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Deep Water
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beckwith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Kanawha Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha Falls is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Falls
- Mount Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Decota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Eagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eagle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Gauley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gauley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauley
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Clear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kincaid. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kincaid.
Newspapers Published in Kincaid ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kincaid.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kincaid, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kincaid.
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 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 Kincaid:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clay County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha 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 Kincaid, 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- Kincaid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |