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 Long Reach (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 Long Reach. 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 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.
Long Reach is located in Tyler 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 Tyler County: Washington (OH), Doddridge, Monroe, Pleasants, Ritchie & Wetzel.
Below are the counties that are near Long Reach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Long Reach:
- Tyler County (The home county of Long Reach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Friendly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Adonis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Sistersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plum Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Paden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Big Moses
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Duckworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Roberts
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Marshall County
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- Adaline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adaline is located in Marshall County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Sugar Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Adlai
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Schultz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Willow Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Horseneck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- League
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pennsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Cornwallis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Hannahdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Cairo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harrisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pullman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Cokeleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Minnie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County
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- New Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Childs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County
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- Ross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marion is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Proctor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bebee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bebee is located in Wetzel County
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- Barker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barker is located in Wetzel County
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- Bane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
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- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Freeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Williamstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parkers Towne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
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- Valley Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
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- Dallison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Boaz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
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- North Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Vienna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Parkersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leachtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Armstrongs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Armstrongs Mills is located in Belmont County (OH)
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- Captina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Captina is located in Belmont County (OH)
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- Powhatan Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Fly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Antioch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Graysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Sardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Benwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Benwood is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Edwina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Laings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Laings is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Mount Carrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Stafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Woodsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coats is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Noble County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Harriettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harriettsville is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriettsville
- Dexter City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Fulda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fulda is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Crooked Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County (OH)
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- South Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Olive is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Ashton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashton is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Summerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Dungannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Caldwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whigville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whigville is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Mount Ephraim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Sarahsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Grandview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Matamoras
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Ward ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Wade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Deucher
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- Steel Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Newell Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
- Dalzell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
- Gasville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gasville is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasville
- Yankeeburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Lower Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Long Reach, see our County-by-County Page for Long Reach.
Cemeteries Near Long Reach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Reach.
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 Long Reach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Long Reach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Fairview Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bibbys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Friendly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murdock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holdren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Matamoras Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (635 more) ...
- Pt. Lookout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Beech Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Long Reach had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Long Reach, with the one closest to Long Reach listed first.
- Lytton ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lytton is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Friendly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- New Matamoras
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ward ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Raven Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
- Sugar Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Wasp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wasp is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp
- Shiloh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Deucher
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Wade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Spring Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Run is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Adonis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adonis
- Centerview ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerview is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Hohman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hohman is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Long Reach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Long Reach.
Newspapers Published in Long Reach ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Reach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Reach, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Reach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Long Reach:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Tyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Doddridge County
- Marshall County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Wetzel County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Belmont County
- Monroe County
- Noble County
- Washington 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 Long Reach, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Reach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |