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 Loda (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 Loda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Loda is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Barbour, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Tucker, Upshur & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Loda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loda:
- Randolph County (The home county of Loda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Cassity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cassity is located in Randolph County
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- Huff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Randolph County
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- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Huttonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Midvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Midvale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Womelsdorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Lee Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Bell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Bell
- Helvetia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elkwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elkwater is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwater
- Pickens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Florence ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Weaver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Junior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Junior is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Audra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra
- Clements ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Wilmoth ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wilmoth is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmoth
- Belington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Calhoun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Tygart Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygart Junction
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Elk City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Vannoys Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Wellington Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Heights
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Milroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Milroy is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Knawl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Knawl is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knawl
- Falls Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill
- Bulltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Napier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Orlando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Corley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corley is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Heaters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rollyson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollyson
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- McWhorter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter
- Lost Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Craigmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Craigmoor is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmoor
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Duffy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Aberdeen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Garton Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garton Village
- Alkires Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cox Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Town
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jane Lew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Lightburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Valley Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Wildell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wildell is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildell
- Durbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frank
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frank is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Thornwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thornwood is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornwood
- Slaty Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arbovale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Bank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor County
- Astor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Pleasant Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Porterwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Parsons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hambleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hendricks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Queens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Beans Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Tenmile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tenmile is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Sand Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Tallmansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Gormley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Overhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Sago
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- Adrian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hacker Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Replete
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Big Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Orndoff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Ralph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Addison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loda, see our County-by-County Page for Loda.
Cemeteries Near Loda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loda.
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 Loda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Long Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lanham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crouch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Marple Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Dale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Helvetia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Loda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loda, with the one closest to Loda listed first.
- Hemlock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hemlock is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Cassity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cassity is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassity
- Huff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Queens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Palace Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palace Valley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Valley
- Kedron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kedron is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Middle Fork ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Middle Fork is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Selbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Selbyville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selbyville
- Sand Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Huttonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Bell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Bell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loda.
Newspapers Published in Loda ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loda, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loda.
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 Loda:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Braxton County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Pocahontas County
- Taylor County
- Tucker County
- Upshur County
- Webster 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 Loda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Loda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |