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 Maplewood (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 Maplewood. 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.
Name Variations for Maplewood ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Maple Wood.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Maplewood. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maplewood.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Maplewood is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh & Summers.
Below are the counties that are near Maplewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maplewood:
- Fayette County (The home county of Maplewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Bellwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Clifftop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Hilton Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Meadow Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Red Ash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Ash is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Quinnimont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- McKendree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Rainelle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Charmco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Rupert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crichton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Crawley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Quinwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kieffer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Alderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Carbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Handley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Acme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Hollygrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Hugheston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Creamery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wolfcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Wayside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Runa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Albion ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Odell Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Tipton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Summersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nettie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Abraham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Terry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Clifftop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Stanaford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- White Stick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Prosperity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Skelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Beaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Bellepoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Nimitz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Packs Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Hilldale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Riffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Talcott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bargers Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maplewood, see our County-by-County Page for Maplewood.
Cemeteries Near Maplewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maplewood.
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 Maplewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maplewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Layland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Cemetery
- The Layland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Knob Church Cemetery
- Shuck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smailes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goddard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beechnut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut Cemetery
- The Beechnut Cemetery has also been known as:
- Charles Harrah Cemetery
- Harrah Cemetery
- Jim Harrah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2608668 <2>
- Patton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tyree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wickline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- William Thomas Lowry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Henson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Maplewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maplewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maplewood, with the one closest to Maplewood listed first.
- Crickmer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crickmer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crickmer
- Ravenseye
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Clifftop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Beury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beury is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beury
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claremont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- McKendree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Quinnimont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Spring Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maplewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maplewood.
Newspapers Published in Maplewood ...
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 Maplewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maplewood, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maplewood.
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 Maplewood:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers 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 Maplewood, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maplewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |