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 Lanham (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 Lanham. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Lanham is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln & Mason.
Below are the counties that are near Lanham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanham:
- Putnam County (The home county of Lanham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Poca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Raymond City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Morgans Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Bancroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Sigman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Paradise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Red House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Eleanor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Teays Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Emmons
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Emmons is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Dartmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dartmont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont
- Grippe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grippe is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe
- Ashford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rumble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rumble is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Brushton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brushton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton
- Easly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Easly is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easly
- Horse Creek Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johns is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Julian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Julian is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Nellis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nellis is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellis
- Bloomingrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
- Cabell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Culloden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Culloden is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yates Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
- Fudges Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Ona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Salt Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sarah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Barboursville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crown City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crown City is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Porter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Bomont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Procious
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Fayette County
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Romance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Kenna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kentuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Fairplain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Statts Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Angerona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angerona
- Hereford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Huntsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Flatwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Cross Lanes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sissonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nitro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Legg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Dunbar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Sattes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Rock Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- South Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Saint Albans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Alum Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Priestley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Garretts Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Sod
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- Tango
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- East ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Yawkey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Sweetland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Alkol
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Hamlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Myra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Grimms Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing
- Arbuckle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Upland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Upland is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Southside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Southside is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Leon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Arlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arlee is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlee
- Fivemile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fivemile is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Hogsett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hogsett is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogsett
- Flatrock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Cicerone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Walton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Zona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Kester ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Looneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Roxalana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Graux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Gallia County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Bladen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bladen is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladen
- Eureka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Crown City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crown City is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Lawrence County (OH)
- Athalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Athalia is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Meigs County (OH)
- Letart Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanham, see our County-by-County Page for Lanham.
Cemeteries Near Lanham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanham.
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 Lanham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Sam Derrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McClanahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lanham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler Mtn. Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shorts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Altz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sinclair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cartwright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (776 more) ...
- Lilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burdette Lilly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette Lilly Cemetery
- The Burdette Lilly Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thacker Cemetery
- Good Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lanham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Rocky Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rocky Fork is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Poca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Raymond City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Pocatalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pocatalico is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocatalico
- Scary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scary is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scary
- Sissonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Bancroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Sattes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Mound ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mound is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Legg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Sigman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saint Albans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paradise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanham.
Newspapers Published in Lanham ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanham, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanham.
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 Lanham:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cabell County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Mason County
- Roane County
- Gallia County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs 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> | 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 Lanham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Lanham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |