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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mattie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mattie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mattie, please Contact Us.
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 Mattie (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 Mattie. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mattie is historic, it would have been located within present day Roane 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 Roane County: Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Mattie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mattie:
- Roane County (The home county of Mattie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Cicerone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Kester ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Looneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Roxalana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Pigeon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
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- Graux
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Spencer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Clem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Strange Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Oka
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Mudfork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
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- Stinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Orma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Losie ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Hur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Porter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Bomont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Procious
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Valley Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Elkhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Dink
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Spread
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Gould
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Lydia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Clay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Ira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Shock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Stumptown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Kentuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Romance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
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- Aplin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Statts Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
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- Fairplain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Hereford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Angerona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Island Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Wellford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Aarons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Falling Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Wills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Clendenin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reamer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Sissonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Legg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
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- Jarretts Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Lincoln County
- Alum Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Baden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Arbuckle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Grimms Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing
- Southside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Southside is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Leon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Nicholas County
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
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- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sigman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Paradise
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Poca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Morgans Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Red House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eleanor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Scott Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Lucile
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Peewee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Creston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Windy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mattie, see our County-by-County Page for Mattie.
Cemeteries Near Mattie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mattie.
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 Mattie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mattie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Hunt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jarvis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Haynes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shafer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Haynes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (680 more) ...
- Shafer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ferrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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.
Mattie itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mattie, with the one closest to Mattie listed first.
- Kettle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kettle is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
- Ryan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ryan is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Cicerone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Island Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Blundon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blundon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundon
- Flatfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flatfork is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatfork
- Countsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Countsville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countsville
- Higby ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Higby is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Carney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carney is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
- Gandeeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gandeeville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandeeville
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- Zona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Kentuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Aarons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mattie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mattie.
Newspapers Published in Mattie ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mattie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mattie, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mattie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mattie:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Mason County
- Nicholas County
- Putnam County
- Wirt County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mattie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mattie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |