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 Linn (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 Linn. 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 and 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.
Linn is located in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County: Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Lewis & Ritchie.
Below are the counties that are near Linn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linn:
- Gilmer County (The home county of Linn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Conings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Stouts Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newberne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Burnsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orlando
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Rollyson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knawl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knawl is located in Braxton County
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- Napier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
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- Heaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bulltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
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- Chapel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Lloydsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
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- Falls Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
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- Progress ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Staten
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Grantsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Freed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Arnoldsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Losie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- Lydia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Saint Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Avondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- West Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Duckworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- Doak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Tichenal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- McWhorter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Lost Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Reynoldsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- O'Neill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Craigmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Craigmoor is located in Harrison County
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- Katy Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- Wilsonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Vadis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Hurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Alum Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Camden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Cox Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Smith Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Weston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Valley Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alkires Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Lightburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Garton Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
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- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Adlai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Lawford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Berea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Burnt House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Pullman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Smithville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Hannahdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Cokeleys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Cantwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- McKim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Big Moses
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Frenchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
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- Abbott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Hoover Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
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- Rock Cave
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
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- Adrian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
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- Wilsontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Kanawha Head
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Buckhannon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sago
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
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- Reger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Tallmansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Replete
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hacker Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wirt County
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linn, see our County-by-County Page for Linn.
Cemeteries Near Linn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linn.
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 Linn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Rock Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Farnsworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woofter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Troy - IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy - IOOF Cemetery
- The Troy - IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Troy - IOOF Cemetery
- Messenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Messenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Field Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conrad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Boilon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McHenry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Linn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Linn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linn, with the one closest to Linn listed first.
- Vadis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Ellis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Alum Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Conings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Truebada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Sand Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Bealls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bealls Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealls Mills
- Coxs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coxs Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Mills
- Stouts Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Aspinall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aspinall is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinall
- Camden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Saint Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linn.
Newspapers Published in Linn ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linn, 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 Linn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Linn:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Gilmer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Wirt 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 Linn, 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- Linn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |