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 Maher (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 Maher. 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 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.
Maher is located in Mingo 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 Mingo County : Martin (KY) , Pike (KY) , Buchanan (VA) , Lincoln , Logan , McDowell , Wayne & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Maher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maher:
Mingo County (The home county of Maher)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Chattaroy (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Chattaroy is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Kermit (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Myrtle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Greyeagle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Greyeagle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle Williamson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Delbarton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Dingess (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Dingess is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess Sprigg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Blackberry City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Musick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Manila (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Manila is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Havana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Havana is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Hewett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hewett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett Clothier (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Clothier is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier Jeffrey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Jeffrey is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Ottawa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Ottawa is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Harts (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Wewanta (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Wewanta is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta Spears ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Spears is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Kinder ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Kinder is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Troy Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Troy Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town Whirlwind (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Whirlwind is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind Holden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Holden is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Hedgeview (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Hedgeview is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview Whitman (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Omar (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Thompson Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Thompson Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town Stirrat (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Switzer (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Wilkinson (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Logan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
West Logan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Wyoming City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Panther (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Panther is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Stonecoal (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Wilsondale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Wilsondale is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale Doane (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Doane is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane Dunlow (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Cove Gap (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Kiahsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Effie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Effie is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie East Lynn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
East Lynn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Armilda (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Armilda is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda Nestlow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Nestlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow Fort Gay (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fort Gay is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Mineral Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Wyoming County
Cub City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Floyd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Betsy Layne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Ivel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Stanville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Tram (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Tram is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram Banner (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Dwale (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Dwale is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale Harold (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Harold is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Auxier (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Auxier is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier Allen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Allen is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
Allen has also been known as:
Beaver Creek Junction Beaver Creek Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
Dana (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Dana is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Prestonsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Watergap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Watergap is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergap Johnson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Butcher Hollow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Whitehouse (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Meally (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Meally is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally Nero (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Nero is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Williamsport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Williamsport is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Van Lear (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lowmansville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lowmansville is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowmansville Thelma (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Thelma is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma Tutor Key (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Tutor Key is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key West Van Lear (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear East Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hagerhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill Lawrence County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Clifford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Peach Orchard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Maynard ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Patrick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Richardson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Ben Bow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow Ulysses ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ulysses is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses Gallup ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Gallup is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Georges Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek Bumblebee ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bumblebee is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee Torchlight ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Torchlight is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torchlight Charley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Charley is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley Martin County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Lovely (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lovely is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Pilgrim (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Beauty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Beauty is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Warfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Hode (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Hode is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode Debord (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Inez (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Tomahawk (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
South Williamson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Forest Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Toler (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Toler is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler Belfry (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Sidney (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Varney (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Varney is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Canada (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hardy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Huddy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Huddy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy McAndrews (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews Buskirk (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McCarr (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Kelsa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Big Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maher, see our County-by-County Page for Maher .
Cemeteries Near Maher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maher.
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 Maher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Mountain View Memory Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hensley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Parsley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Vernatter Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hensley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Meade Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Marcum Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Goff Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Chapman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Waldron Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Webb Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Continue List (790 more) ...
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Stepp Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Weddington Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Maher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maher.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maher, with the one closest to Maher listed first.
Rural (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rural is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Pilgrim (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Warfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Canada (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Inez (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Thomas (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Thomas is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Gulnare (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Gulnare is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare Pinsonfork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork Oilville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Oilville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville Zebulon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Zebulon is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon Kimper (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Kimper is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper Continue List (16 more) ...
Dunlow (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Clifford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Peach Orchard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maher .
Newspapers Published in Maher ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maher, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Maher.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Maher:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mingo County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Lincoln County Logan County McDowell County Wayne County Wyoming County Floyd County Johnson County Lawrence County Martin County Pike County Buchanan County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maher. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Maher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.