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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lumber. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lumber to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lumber, 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 Lumber (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 Lumber. 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 and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Lumber is historic, it would have been located within present day Randolph 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 Randolph County: Barbour, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Tucker, Upshur & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Lumber. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lumber:
- Randolph County (The home county of Lumber)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Canfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Leadsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Elkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Whyte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Evenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wymer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wymer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
- Tigheville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tigheville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigheville
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Junior
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Junior is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Belington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Wilmoth ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmoth is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmoth
- Valley Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Clements ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Kalamazoo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Vannoys Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Audra
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra
- Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Tygart Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygart Junction
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Hopeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Dobbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Lewis County
- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Onego
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Onego is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
- Macksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Circleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Brushy Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Ketterman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Ruddle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
- Zigler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zigler is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
- Kline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Wildell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wildell is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildell
- Thornwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thornwood is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornwood
- Durbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frank is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Sell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Macomber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Macomber is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Horse Shoe Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rowlesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Knottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Astor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Brydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brydon
- Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Yates ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Flemington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Pleasant Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Porterwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Parsons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gladwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Hambleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hendricks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Elk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Canaan Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coketon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Thomas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Swamp Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swamp Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Run
- Gormley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Sand Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Excelsior
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Queens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Overhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Tallmansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Reger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Tenmile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tenmile is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Teter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter
- Beans Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Garrett County (MD)
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lumber, see our County-by-County Page for Lumber.
Cemeteries Near Lumber ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lumber.
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 Lumber - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lumber covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- St. Brendens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Arlington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Arlington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Arlington Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Leadsville.
- The Little Arlington Cemetery has also been known as:
- American Legion Little Arlington Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elkins Memorial Gardens
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain State Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Iser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stalnaker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Kerns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Rights Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman / Harding Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Lumber in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lumber.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lumber, with the one closest to Lumber listed first.
- Faulkner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Faulkner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Leadsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Elkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whyte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Gilman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Alpena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alpena is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kerens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kerens is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Glady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Belington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Job
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Job is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Hendricks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lumber. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lumber.
Newspapers Published in Lumber ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lumber.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lumber, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lumber.
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 helpful 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 Lumber:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Grant County
- Lewis County
- Pendleton County
- Pocahontas County
- Preston County
- Taylor County
- Tucker County
- Upshur County
- Garrett 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 Lumber, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lumber) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |