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 Laurel Run (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 Laurel Run. 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.
Laurel Run is located in Preston 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 Preston County: Garrett (MD), Fayette (PA), Barbour, Grant, Monongalia, Taylor & Tucker.
Below are the counties that are near Laurel Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laurel Run:
- Preston County (The home county of Laurel Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Bruceton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Brandonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Clifton Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Morgans Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Masontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Hazelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reedsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albright
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arthurdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barbour County
- Kasson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Mount Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Neel ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Samaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Samaria is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Pleasant View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rivesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hoodsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Barrackville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Fairmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatine
- Grant Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Colfax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Monongalia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Cheat Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Canyon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Brookhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Baker Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Granville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Star City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Laurel Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Laurel Point is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Point
- Maidsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Osage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Little Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Falls is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Bowlby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Thornton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Fetterman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knottsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- West Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Pruntytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Yates ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Friendsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McHenry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hutton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Accident
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Loch Lynn Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Mountain Lake Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Bittinger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pendleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Haydentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Elliottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Morris Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
- Point Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shoaf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shoaf is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoaf
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Atlantic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- New Geneva
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Winstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Hutchinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hutchinson is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Woodside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Greene County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Dilliner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Dunkard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ceylon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Nemacolin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Mount Morris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Carmichaels
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Stringtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Fordyce
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Khedive
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Kirby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kirby is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Addison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ursina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Listonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Confluence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Draketown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Markleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Blainsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Daisytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deemston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deemston is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coal Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Laurel Run, see our County-by-County Page for Laurel Run.
Cemeteries Near Laurel Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laurel Run.
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 Laurel Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Laurel Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Fair View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blaney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jennewine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Parnell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pierpont Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Laurel Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Laurel Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Laurel Run, with the one closest to Laurel Run listed first.
- Pisgah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Bruceton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brandonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Valley Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Point is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Point
- Clifton Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Herring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Herring is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Morgans Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Masontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guseman ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Guseman is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guseman
- Dellslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dellslow is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellslow
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Haydentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Cuzzart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cuzzart is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuzzart
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Laurel Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Laurel Run.
Newspapers Published in Laurel Run ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laurel Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laurel Run, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laurel Run.
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 either 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 Laurel Run:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Preston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Marion County
- Monongalia County
- Taylor County
- Garrett County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Washington 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 Laurel Run, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Laurel Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |