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 Kirby (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 Kirby. 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.
Kirby is located in Hampshire 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 Hampshire County: Allegany (MD), Frederick (VA), Hardy, Mineral & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Kirby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirby:
- Hampshire County (The home county of Kirby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Yellow Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Romney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Vance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Lehew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Three Churches
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- North River Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Ritters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Capon Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Medley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Seymourville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Arthur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Greenland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Maysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Pansy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Inkerman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Wardensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Durgon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Mathias
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Burlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- New Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Ashby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keyser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Hartmansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Short Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Elk Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Windom ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Paw Paw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Oldtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rawlings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Spring Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Gap is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Luke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Pinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Keifers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keifers is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
- Westernport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cresaptown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Kitzmiller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Lehew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Mountain Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Rock Enon Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Rosenberger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Fawcett Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Good
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Hayfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Nordic Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Chambersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Cross Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Zepp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Columbia Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Jerome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Maurertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Toms Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Strasburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Waterlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Winchester City (VA)
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirby, see our County-by-County Page for Kirby.
Cemeteries Near Kirby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirby.
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 Kirby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Heare Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountaindale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clagett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Romney.
- The Ebenezer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1098821 <3>
- Old Pine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elijah High Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kirby had a population of 12 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Inkerman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Ruckman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
- Rio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Doman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Delray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Millbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Sedan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wardensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasantdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Yellow Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dillons Run ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dillons Run is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillons Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirby.
Newspapers Published in Kirby ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirby, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirby.
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 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 Kirby:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hampshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hardy County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Frederick County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kirby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Kirby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |