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 Marvel (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 Marvel. 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.
Marvel 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 Marvel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marvel:
- Fayette County (The home county of Marvel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Romont
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Romont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont
- Victor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Leander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Ansted
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Hawks Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Grayden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grayden is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayden
- Clifty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Beckwith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Gauley Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Joes Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Elk Run Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Sylvester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Coopertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Keith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Orgas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fosterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Kirbyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Seth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Strange Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Herold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Hartland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Clay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Bomont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Spread
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Procious
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Widen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Porter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Gould
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Valley Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Wattsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Crichton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Charmco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Orient Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Rainelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Rupert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Crawley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Handley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hugheston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Hollygrove
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- East Bank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Eskdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Ronda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Cabin Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Albion ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Beech Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Tipton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Zela
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Runa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Summersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- 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
- Muddlety
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Terry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Bradley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Piney View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Grandview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Prosperity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Skelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Stanaford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Sweeneyburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Dorothy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Sprague
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- White Stick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Roane County
- Pigeon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Webster County
- Camden-on-Gauley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marvel, see our County-by-County Page for Marvel.
Cemeteries Near Marvel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marvel.
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 Marvel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marvel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Restlawn Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Legg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rich Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Simms Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott - Huddleston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neil Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbot Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- John Nugen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce 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 Marvel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marvel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marvel, with the one closest to Marvel listed first.
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Ansted
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Deitz ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deitz is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deitz
- Leander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Hawks Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Gaymont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gaymont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaymont
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Albion ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Gauley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gauley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauley
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Cotton Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beckwith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Gauley Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marvel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marvel.
Newspapers Published in Marvel ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marvel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marvel, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marvel.
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 Marvel:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Braxton County
- Clay County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Roane County
- Summers 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> | 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 Marvel, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marvel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |