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 Layland Heights (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 Layland Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Layland Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Layland Heights: Layland Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Layland Heights 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 Layland Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Layland Heights:
- Fayette County (The home county of Layland Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Quinnimont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- McKendree
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Clifftop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Meadow Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Prince
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Rainelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Vale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Charmco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Rupert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crawley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crichton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kieffer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Alderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Creamery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wolfcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Wayside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Runa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Snow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Albion ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Odell Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Beech Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Nettie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Abraham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Terry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Clifftop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Stanaford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Skelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- White Stick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Bradley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Beaver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Bellepoint
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Nimitz
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Packs Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Hilldale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Talcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Riffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Buck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Layland Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Layland Heights.
Cemeteries Near Layland Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Layland Heights.
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 Layland Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Layland Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Layland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Cemetery
- The Layland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Knob Church Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goddard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beechnut Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut Cemetery
- The Beechnut Cemetery has also been known as:
- Charles Harrah Cemetery
- Harrah Cemetery
- Jim Harrah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2608668 <2>
- Smailes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shuck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wickline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tyree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Goodson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- William Thomas Lowry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Henson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Layland Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Layland Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Layland Heights, with the one closest to Layland Heights listed first.
- Crickmer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crickmer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crickmer
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- McKendree
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Quinnimont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Beury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beury is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beury
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claremont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Prince
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Clifftop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Ravenseye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Layland Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Layland Heights.
Newspapers Published in Layland Heights ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Layland Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Layland Heights, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Layland Heights.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Layland Heights:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh 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> | 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 Layland Heights, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Layland Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |