Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lucky. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lucky to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lucky, please Contact Us.
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 Lucky (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 Lucky. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Lucky is historic, it would have been located within present day Wood 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 Wood County: Athens (OH), Meigs (OH), Washington (OH), Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Lucky. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lucky:
- Wood County (The home county of Lucky)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Mineral Wells
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mineral Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Leachtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Kanawha
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Slate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Eli
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eli is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Parkersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lubeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Blennerhassett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Freed
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Big Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Hur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Rocksdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Grantsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Browning ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Willowdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Garfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Neptune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Skull Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Sherman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Odaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Wilding
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilding is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilding
- Ravenswood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Hartford City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Letart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Letart is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sassafras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- West Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Columbia is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Horseneck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- Willow Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
- Schultz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Saint Marys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- DeLong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLong
- Adlai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adlai
- Sugar Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Cisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Petroleum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Rusk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Oxbow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cantwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cokeleys
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Cornwallis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- League
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- League is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Harrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellenboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Reedy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Millard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Triplett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Greencastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Newark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Windy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Elizabeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peewee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Lucile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Burning Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Athens County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Youba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Coolville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vanderhoof
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vanderhoof is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderhoof
- Beebe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beebe is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
- Stewart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Big Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Guysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guysville is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysville
- Armadale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Armadale is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Carsey Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carsey Town is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsey Town
- Pratts Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pratts Fork is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Fork
- Shade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Amesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tuppers Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Keno is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Bashan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashan
- Spiller
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
- Dorcas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Racine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Welshtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Plants
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plants
- Letart Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
- Pomeroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morgan County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Chesterhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Joy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joy is located in Morgan County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Stockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Todds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Todds is located in Morgan County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Noble County (OH)
- Dungannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Belpre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <2>
- Rockland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Porterfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Redbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redbush is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corner is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Fillmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Decaturville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Vincent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Sandhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Napier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Napier is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Harmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
- Barlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lucky, see our County-by-County Page for Lucky.
Cemeteries Near Lucky ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucky.
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 Lucky - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lucky covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Graham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Compton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reeder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Butcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Big Tygart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tygart Cemetery
- The Big Tygart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Tygart Baptist Cemetery
- Big Tygart - Rockport Cemetery
- Rockport Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77771 <3>
- Deem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (767 more) ...
- Morrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tracewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Lucky in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lucky.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lucky, with the one closest to Lucky listed first.
- Fountain Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fountain Spring is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Spring
- Mineral Wells
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Polandale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Polandale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polandale
- Chesterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chesterville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Davisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davisville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- Dombey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dombey is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dombey
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Slate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Leachtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Eli
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eli is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Manganese ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manganese is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rockport is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Lubeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Parkersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lucky. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucky.
Newspapers Published in Lucky ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucky.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucky, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lucky.
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 Lucky:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Jackson County
- Mason County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Wirt County
- Athens County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lucky, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lucky) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |