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 Lucerne (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 Lucerne. 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.
Lucerne is located in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County: Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Lewis & Ritchie.
Below are the counties that are near Lucerne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lucerne:
- Gilmer County (The home county of Lucerne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Alice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Conings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Normantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stouts Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Arnett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Burnsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Progress ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Exchange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Rollyson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rollyson is located in Braxton County
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- Heaters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Wilsie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
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- Napier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Napier is located in Braxton County
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- Bulltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Grantsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Freed
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Arnoldsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Orma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Rocksdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Losie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Lydia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Ira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ira is located in Clay County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Saint Clara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Coldwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Market
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- Avon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Duckworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- New Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Smithburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- West Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Isaac
- Miletus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miletus
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Tichenal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tichenal
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McWhorter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter
- West Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Lost Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Vadis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Hurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Alum Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Cox Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Town
- Smith Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Valley Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alkires Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Lightburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Adlai
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adlai
- Schultz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Horseneck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Lawford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Burnt House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Berea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Slab
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Pullman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Cantwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cokeleys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Hannahdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Harrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Triplett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Millard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Graux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roxalana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Reedy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- McKim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- Meadville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Big Moses
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Frenchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
- Abbott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Rock Cave
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Webster County
- Replete
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Creston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Freeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Lucile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Greencastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lucerne, see our County-by-County Page for Lucerne.
Cemeteries Near Lucerne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucerne.
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 Lucerne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lucerne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Woodford Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riddle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stalnaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitting Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mt. Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Mt. Olive Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Burnt House.
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 Lucerne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lucerne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tanner is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Newberne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- Alice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coxs Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coxs Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Mills
- Lawford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Burnt House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Truebada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- White Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Pine is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Conings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Hazelgreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelgreen is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelgreen
- Nobe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nobe is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lucerne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucerne.
Newspapers Published in Lucerne ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucerne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucerne, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lucerne.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lucerne:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Gilmer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Webster County
- Wirt County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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- Lucerne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lucerne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |