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 KM Junction (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 KM Junction. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
KM Junction 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 KM Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to KM Junction:
- Fayette County (The home county of KM Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Gauley Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Falls View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Beckwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Ansted
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Romont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Hawks Nest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Cannelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cannelton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Kimberly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Smithers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Joes Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Orgas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Elk Run Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Coopertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Fosterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Keith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Bloomingrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
- Comfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Bomont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Elkhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Clay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Porter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Procious
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Spread
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Valley Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Gould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Widen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Dink
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Rainelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crichton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Orient Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Quinwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Charmco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Rupert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Handley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Hugheston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Ronda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- East Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Eskdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Carbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Cabin Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Beech Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Zela
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Runa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Summersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Muddlety
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Odell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Dorothy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Terry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Prosperity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Royal ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Sweeneyburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Packsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Grandview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Skelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Stanaford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Harper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roane County
- Pigeon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Summers County
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to KM Junction, see our County-by-County Page for KM Junction.
Cemeteries Near KM Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of KM Junction.
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 KM Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for KM Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Abbott - Huddleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rich Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Guthrie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Abbot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- John Nugen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Simms Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Ramsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ramsey Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Dixie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221301 <3>
- Willis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Restlawn Memory Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 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>
While we didn't find KM Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of KM Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from KM Junction, with the one closest to KM Junction listed first.
- Gauley Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kanawha Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kanawha Falls is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Falls
- Gauley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gauley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauley
- Deep Water
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Beckwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Belva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Belva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belva
- Mount Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Hawks Nest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Ansted
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Gaymont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gaymont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaymont
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dixie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around KM Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around KM Junction.
Newspapers Published in KM Junction ...
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 KM Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of KM Junction, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for KM Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 KM Junction:
- 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
- Roane County
- Summers 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- KM Junction) 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 KM Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |