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 Macfarlan (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 Macfarlan. 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 and hospitals 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.
Macfarlan is located in Ritchie 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 Ritchie County: Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Tyler, Wirt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Macfarlan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Macfarlan:
- Ritchie County (The home county of Macfarlan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Oxbow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Cantwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
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- Cisco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
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- Cokeleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Petroleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
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- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cornwallis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Burnt House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Progress ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Freed
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- Lydia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Duckworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Saint Clara
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Newberne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Normantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conings
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Shock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
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- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
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- Meadowdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Odaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
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- Browning ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
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- Willowdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Sandyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilding
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilding is located in Jackson County
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- Hereford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
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- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Hurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Alum Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Horseneck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Schultz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Adlai
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adlai
- Willow Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Saint Marys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Triplett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Reedy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Spencer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Roxalana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
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- Zona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Plum Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Elizabeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greencastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Peewee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Leachtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Dallison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Kanawha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Parkers Towne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
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- Valley Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
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- Pleasant View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
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- North Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Parkersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Athens County (OH)
- Youba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Newell Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
- Yankeeburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Sandhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Belpre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Wade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Rockland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Deucher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Harmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
- Grand View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Marietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Porterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Macfarlan, see our County-by-County Page for Macfarlan.
Cemeteries Near Macfarlan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Macfarlan.
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 Macfarlan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Macfarlan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nutter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wolverton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haught Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Heck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Twist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Guthrie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ayers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westfall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beckner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (670 more) ...
- Swisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goodnight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Macfarlan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Macfarlan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Macfarlan, with the one closest to Macfarlan listed first.
- Oxbow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Munday
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Munday is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munday
- Freed
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Smithville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Cantwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cisco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Hartley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Cokeleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Big Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Petroleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Goffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Goffs is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Burning Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Macfarlan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Macfarlan.
Newspapers Published in Macfarlan ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Macfarlan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Macfarlan, 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 Macfarlan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Macfarlan:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Ritchie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Roane County
- Tyler County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Athens County
- Washington 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 Macfarlan, 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 from Point A (ie- Macfarlan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |