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 Lyonsville (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 Lyonsville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lyonsville is located in Nicholas 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 Nicholas County: Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Lyonsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyonsville:
- Nicholas County (The home county of Lyonsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Tipton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
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- Albion ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
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- Beech Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
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- Keslers Cross Lanes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Zela
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Dixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
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- Morrison ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Summersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Runa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
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- Muddlety
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
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- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
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- Donald
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
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- Odell Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Boone County
- Joes Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Strange Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Herold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
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- Clem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Elmira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Rockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Frametown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
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- Canfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Little Birch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
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- Wilsie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Mudfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Oka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Stinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Losie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Hartland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Spread
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Bomont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Widen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Gould
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Valley Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Porter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Procious
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Wattsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Dink
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Leander
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Romont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Ansted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
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- Hawks Nest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
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- Gauley Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grayden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grayden is located in Fayette County
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- Cotton Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beckwith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Crichton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Charmco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Orient Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Lile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- McRoss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Rainelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rupert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Handley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hugheston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Hollygrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Pratt
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- East Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Clendenin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reamer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Dry Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Ronda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
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- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
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- Terry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
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- Piney View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
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- Dorothy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
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- Grandview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
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- Prosperity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
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- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Pigeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Kester ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Looneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Welch Glade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyonsville, see our County-by-County Page for Lyonsville.
Cemeteries Near Lyonsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyonsville.
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 Lyonsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyonsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Neil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Simms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keenan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dotson - Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zoar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holcomb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ida Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westlake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Legg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Lyonsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lyonsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
- Albion ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Tipton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Leander
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Zela
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Belva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belva
- Deitz ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deitz is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deitz
- Gilboa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilboa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Dixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Ansted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lizemores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lizemores is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizemores
- Mountain Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyonsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyonsville.
Newspapers Published in Lyonsville ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyonsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyonsville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lyonsville.
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 Lyonsville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Nicholas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Raleigh County
- Roane County
- Webster 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> | 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 Lyonsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lyonsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |