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 Lovern (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 Lovern. 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 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.
Lovern 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 Lovern. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lovern:
Mercer County (The home county of Lovern)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Elgood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Willowton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Athens (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Oakvale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Oak Grove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Oak Grove is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove East River ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Blake ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Princeton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Johnston Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Johnston Town is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town El Centro ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Edison (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Edison is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Lashmeet (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Meadow Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
Prince (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Quinnimont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Quinnimont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont Greenbrier County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Alderson (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Frazier (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Frazier is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Fort Spring (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring Rockland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rockland is located in Greenbrier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Logan County
Rich Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Elkhorn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Peterstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ballard (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Assurance (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Wikel (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Wayside (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Creamery (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Creamery is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Union (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Union is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
Wolfcreek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek Hillsdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hillsdale is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale Hollywood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hollywood is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Shady Spring (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Abraham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Abraham is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham Coal City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Princewick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Daniels (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Beaver (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Clifftop (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Clifftop is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop Eastgulf (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Rhodell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Tilden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Helen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Pipestem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
True (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Forest Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Buck (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Packs Ferry (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Bargers Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs Bellepoint (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Hilldale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale Nimitz (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Brooklin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Bud (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Round Bottom (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Rocky Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Mechanicsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Hicksville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Bastian (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Craig County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Captain (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Captain is located in Craig County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain Huffman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Huffman is located in Craig County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman Simmonsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Glen Lyn (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Rich Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Narrows (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Shumate (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Bluff City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Pembroke (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Eggleston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Goodwins Ferry (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry Montgomery County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Prices Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork Sundance Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village McBryde Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village Mount Tabor Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village Blacksburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Merrimac (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Merrimac is located in Montgomery County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac Pulaski County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Sassin ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Parrott (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Parrott is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Cowan (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Cowan is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Hilton Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village Dublin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairlawn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Pulaski (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Wurno (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Wurno is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno Newbern (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Draper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Radford City (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
New Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
New Town is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Radford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Mill Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Mill Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village Radford Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Radford Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village Sunset Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sunset Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village Simpkins Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Simpkins Village is located in Radford City (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Bluefield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Yards (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Falls Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Pocahontas (26 miles [41.8 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Boissevain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lovern, see our County-by-County Page for Lovern .
Cemeteries Near Lovern ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lovern.
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 Lovern - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lovern covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Lovern Church of God Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovern Church of God Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lovern Church of God Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Athens . The Lovern Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
Casher Hill Cemetery Cashers Hill Cemetery Harris Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77962 <3>
Adair Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Peterstown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dunn Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Oakvale Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hare Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Fairview Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Karnes Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Farley Farm Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Farm Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Farley Farm Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> Pipestem . The Farley Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
Archibald & Jermima Farley Cemetery Mt. Carman Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Day Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Barton Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (344 more) ...
Hale Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Woolwine Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Orchard Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lovern in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lovern.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lovern, with the one closest to Lovern listed first.
Neponset (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Neponset is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Elgood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Cloverdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Cloverdale is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Glen Lyn (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Rich Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek Peterstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Willowton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Cashmere (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Cashmere is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashmere Ballard (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Crumps Bottom (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Crumps Bottom is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumps Bottom Continue List (15 more) ...
Warford ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Warford is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warford Narrows (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Indian Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Indian Mills is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lovern. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lovern .
Newspapers Published in Lovern ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovern.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lovern, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Lovern.
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 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 Lovern:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fayette County Greenbrier County Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Craig County Giles County Montgomery County Pulaski County Radford City Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lovern. 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. 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- Lovern) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Lovern, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.