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 Lively (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 Lively. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lively 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 Lively. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lively:
- Fayette County (The home county of Lively)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Pax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Redstar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Whipple
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- White Oak Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Wriston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Kilsyth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Oak Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McDunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Concho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Concho is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concho
- Dempsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Whitesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Elk Run Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Orgas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Keith
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Joes Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Twilight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Coopertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Bandytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Cabot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Milltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Rainelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Charmco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Orient Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Crichton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Rupert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Carbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(18 miles [29 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
- Ronda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Hugheston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Dry Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Chelyan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Beech Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Albion ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Runa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Tipton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Zela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Bradley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Sweeneyburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Prosperity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Piney View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Skelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Sprague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Stanaford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Terry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Dorothy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Beckley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Mill Village is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Village
- Arnett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Kopperston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Mullens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keyrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Oceana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Turkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Bud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Mullensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lively, see our County-by-County Page for Lively.
Cemeteries Near Lively ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lively.
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 Lively - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lively covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Cottle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ellison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lively Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lively Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tyree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lafferty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pax Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Rinehart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wriston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scarbro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lively in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lively.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mossy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Cirtsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kincaid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Prosperity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Matville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Thurmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dempsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dempsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Dimmock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dimmock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmock
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Decota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lively. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lively.
Newspapers Published in Lively ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lively.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lively, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lively.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lively:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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 Lively, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lively) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |