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 Lorton Lick (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 Lorton Lick. 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.
Lorton Lick is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Lorton Lick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lorton Lick:
Mercer County (The home county of Lorton Lick)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Littlesburg (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Littlesburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg Montcalm (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Flipping (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Nemours (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bramwell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Freeman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Bluefield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Yards (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Coopers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Edison (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Edison is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison El Centro ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Coaldale (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Bethel ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Logan County
Rich Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Anawalt (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Elkhorn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Keystone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Thorpe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Kimball (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Big Four (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Gary (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Bishop (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bishop is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Welch (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Newhall (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Newhall is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall Davy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Peterstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Ballard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Rhodell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Eastgulf (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Helen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Princewick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Ury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Coal City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Stotesbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Slab Fork (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Sophia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sullivan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Pemberton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Glen White (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Glen White is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White Shady Spring (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Pipestem (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks True (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Jumping Branch (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Nimitz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Packs Ferry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Bellepoint (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Buck (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Forest Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Bud (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Pineville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Woosley (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Mullensville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Keyrock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Keyrock is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock Rock View (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Fanny (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Wyoming (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Stoneville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Turkey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Baileysville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Rocky Gap (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Hicksville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Round Bottom (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Bastian (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Bland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Bearwallow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Peapatch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Glen Lyn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Shumate (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Lurich (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Narrows (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Rich Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Thessalia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Bluff City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Poplar Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Pulaski County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Sassin ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Hilton Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Yards (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Bluefield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Falls Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Pocahontas (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Saint Clair (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Boissevain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Springville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Abbs Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Shawver Mill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill Little Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Little Town is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town Wittens Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills Five Oaks (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks Bishop (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Wythe County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Wytheville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Kent (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Kent is located in Wythe County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Max Meadows (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Crockett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Rural Retreat (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lorton Lick, see our County-by-County Page for Lorton Lick .
Cemeteries Near Lorton Lick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lorton Lick.
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 Lorton Lick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lorton Lick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Wall Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Sandlick Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Oak Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Poe Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hale Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Taylor Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Holt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Herndon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Terry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
King Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Bailey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Continue List (374 more) ...
Butt Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Phillips Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Butt Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lorton Lick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lorton Lick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lorton Lick, with the one closest to Lorton Lick listed first.
Duhring (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Duhring is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duhring Flipping (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Abbs Valley ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Freeman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Bramwell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bluefield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
New Hope (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
New Hope is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Coopers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Pocahontas (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Falls Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Bethel ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bethel is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Ada (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Continue List (18 more) ...
Coaldale (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Lashmeet (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Saint Clair (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lorton Lick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lorton Lick .
Newspapers Published in Lorton Lick ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lorton Lick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lorton Lick, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Lorton Lick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lorton Lick:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Buchanan County Giles County Pulaski County Tazewell County Wythe County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lorton Lick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Lorton Lick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lorton Lick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.