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 Leopold (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 Leopold. 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 hospitals 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.
Leopold is located in Doddridge 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 Doddridge County: Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler & Wetzel.
Below are the counties that are near Leopold. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leopold:
- Doddridge County (The home county of Leopold)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Saint Clara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miletus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Avondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
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- Duckworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Burnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Orlando
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Knawl
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Knawl is located in Braxton County
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- Bulltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Napier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
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- Rollyson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
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- Heaters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Lloydsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
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- Progress ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Falls Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Freed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Staten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Conings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Stouts Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Tichenal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- McWhorter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
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- Reynoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
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- Lost Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Katy Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- O'Neill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Wilsonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Sardis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Clarksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Hurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Valley Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lightburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Smith Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Weston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cox Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Jane Lew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alkires Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
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- Garton Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
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- Marion County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Marion County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Adlai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Berea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Pullman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Slab
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Burnt House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Stanley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Hannahdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Pennsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Big Moses
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adonis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Abbott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
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- Frenchton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
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- Buckhannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hoover Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
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- Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
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- Rock Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
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- Wilsontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Ross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Bane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane
- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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- Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leopold, see our County-by-County Page for Leopold.
Cemeteries Near Leopold ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leopold.
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 Leopold - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leopold covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Lowther Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brannon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Earnest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redemption Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halderman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (449 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Branch East Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Leopold had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Saint Clara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Conings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Vadis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Avon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holbrook is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Coxs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coxs Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Mills
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Alum Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- New Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Churchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Churchville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leopold. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leopold.
Newspapers Published in Leopold ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leopold.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leopold, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leopold.
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 helpful 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 Leopold:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Doddridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Wetzel 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 Leopold, 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- Leopold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |