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 Louther (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 Louther. 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 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.
Louther is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Meigs (OH), Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Louther. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Louther:
- Jackson County (The home county of Louther)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Hereford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
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- Aplin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
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- Statts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Meadowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Fairplain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sandyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
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- Kentuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Garfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Pink
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freed
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Mudfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Porter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Procious
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
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- Lydia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Bomont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Gilmer County
- Stumptown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Island Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Sissonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aarons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
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- Legg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
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- Wellford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Falling Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Wills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elkview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
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- Reamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Jarretts Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Baden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Letart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Letart is located in Mason County
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- Arbuckle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
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- Leon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Grimms Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
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- Southside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Southside is located in Mason County
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- Flatrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
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- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Mason County
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- Sassafras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
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- Hartford City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Fivemile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fivemile is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
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- Sigman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
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- Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
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- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Red House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Pliny
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pliny is located in Putnam County
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- Poca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Winfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Cisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Oxbow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
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- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Flint Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
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- Zona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Reedy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Cicerone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Triplett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Mattie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Graux
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Peewee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Freeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Leachtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eli
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eli is located in Wood County
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- Kanawha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Pleasant View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
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- Wesley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wesley is located in Wood County
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- Lubeck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
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- Athens County (OH)
- Youba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
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- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Portland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spiller
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Plants
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Dorcas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Letart Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Racine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Keno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keno is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Syracuse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welshtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Middleport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pomeroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Louther, see our County-by-County Page for Louther.
Cemeteries Near Louther ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Louther.
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 Louther - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Louther covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Camelite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Board Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Litton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Parsons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Board Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Litton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harpold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Board Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Board Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (851 more) ...
- Waybright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodfell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Street Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Spencer and Sandyville. The cemetery lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Sandyville.
- The Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sheets Cemetery
- Streets Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278030 <4>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Louther had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Louther, with the one closest to Louther listed first.
- Gay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Marshall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clarence is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Hereford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Peniel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peniel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
- Statts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Red Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Knob is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Knob
- Reedyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reedyville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
- Belgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belgrove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrove
- Flatfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flatfork is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatfork
- Liverpool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Fairplain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Higby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Higby is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Meadowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Zona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Louther. See our List of 1890's Communities around Louther.
Newspapers Published in Louther ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Louther.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Louther, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Louther.
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 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 Louther:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Kanawha County
- Mason County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Athens County
- Meigs 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Spencer and Sandyville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Louther) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Louther, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |