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 Mabscott (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 Mabscott. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Mabscott is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Mabscott. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mabscott:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Mabscott)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Wickham
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wickham is located in Raleigh County
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- Old Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Mill Village is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Village
- MacArthur
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beckley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Raleigh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Sprague
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Crab Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- White Stick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Harper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pemberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Tilden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tilden is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Whitesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
- Elk Run Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Greenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rocklick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Twilight
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bald Knob
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Sylvester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Bandytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Pondco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco
- Bim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bim is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Kilsyth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- White Oak Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Prince
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Redstar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- McKendree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Harvey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Rainelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Charmco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Ronda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Northfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Elkhorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Kimball
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Four
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Four is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four
- Welch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Lashmeet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Matoaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Coaldale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Johnston Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Montcalm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flipping
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Elgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Freeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Littlesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Monroe County
- Creamery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Jumping Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brooklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bellepoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Pipestem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Buck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Forest Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Mullens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bud
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Keyrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Kopperston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Rock View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Pineville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Mullensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Oceana
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Fanny
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Woosley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Clear Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mabscott, see our County-by-County Page for Mabscott.
Cemeteries Near Mabscott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mabscott.
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 Mabscott - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mabscott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- St. Sebastians Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. TaborCemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wright Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Calfee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Teel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Cannaday Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
- The W.T. Warden Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Warden Family Cemetery
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.<3>
While we didn't find Mabscott in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mabscott.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mabscott, with the one closest to Mabscott listed first.
- Pemberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Prosperity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Lester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Daniels
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shady Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Cirtsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quinnimont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Prince
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- McKendree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Odd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Odd is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mabscott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mabscott.
Newspapers Published in Mabscott ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mabscott.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mabscott, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mabscott.
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 Mabscott:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 Mabscott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mabscott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |