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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 Maxine (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 Maxine. 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 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.

Maxine is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh & Wyoming.

Below are the counties that are near Maxine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maxine:

  • Boone County     (The home county of Maxine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Comfort
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eden
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Eden is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Sharlow
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sharlow is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
    • Bloomingrose
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
    • Seth
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fosterville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Fosterville is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
    • Kirbyton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Kirbyton is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
    • Racine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Racine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Hopkins Fork
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hopkins Fork is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Fork
    • Peytona
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Peytona is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona
    • Coopertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Coopertown is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Joes Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Joes Creek is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
    • Johns
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Johns is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
  • Cabell County
    • Culloden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Culloden is located in Cabell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
  • Clay County
    • Bomont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bomont is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Elkridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Elkridge is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
    • Montgomery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Powellton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Powellton is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Crescent
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Crescent is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Kimberly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Kimberly is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • McDunn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • McDunn is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
    • Mount Carbon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
    • Smithers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cannelton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Cannelton is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
    • Falls View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Falls View is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
    • Gauley Bridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Pax
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pax is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Roseville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Roseville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Kanawha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Winifrede
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
    • Chesapeake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
    • Marmet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Belle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <1>
    • Chelyan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
    • Witcher
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Witcher is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher
    • Dry Branch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
    • Ronda
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ronda is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
    • Dupont City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Dupont City is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont City
    • Cabin Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
    • Eskdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
    • Cedar Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • Acme
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Acme is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Alum Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Priestley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Priestley is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
    • Sod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sod is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
    • Alkol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Alkol is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
    • Tango
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tango is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
    • East ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • East is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
    • Garretts Bend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
    • Yawkey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
    • Palermo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Palermo is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
    • Sweetland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
    • Spears ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Spears is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
    • Hamlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Myra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Myra is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Sodom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sodom is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
    • Banco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Banco is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
    • Chapmanville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Big Creek is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
    • Mitchell Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
    • Braeholm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Braeholm is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
    • Fort Branch
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Branch is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
    • Peach Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peach Creek is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
    • Accoville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Accoville is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
    • West Logan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hedgeview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hedgeview is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
    • Kistler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kistler is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
  • Nicholas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Dixie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Dixie is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • Beech Glen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Poca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Morgans Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
    • Raymond City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Raymond City is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
    • Scott Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Scott Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
    • Teays Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Teays Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Teays Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
    • Bancroft
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bancroft is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
    • Hurricane
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Raleigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Packsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Packsville is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
    • Montcoal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
    • Dorothy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Stickney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Stickney is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
    • Naoma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Naoma is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
    • Pineknob
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
    • Rock Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Arnett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Zada
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Zada is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
    • Redbird
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Redbird is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Bolt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolt is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
    • Fairdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Sweeneyburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.
    • Kopperston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
    • Oceana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maxine, see our County-by-County Page for Maxine.

Cemeteries Near Maxine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxine.

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 Maxine - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maxine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.

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 Maxine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maxine.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Maxine, with the one closest to Maxine listed first.

  • Comfort
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Racine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Racine is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
  • Peytona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Peytona is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona
  • Nelson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Nelson is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Winifrede
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
  • Winifrede Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Winifrede Junction is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede Junction
  • Foster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Foster is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
  • Dry Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
  • Shrewsbury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Gordon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gordon is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Coalburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Coalburg is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
  • Madison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Jarrolds Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
    • Acme
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Acme is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
    • East Bank
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maxine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maxine.

Newspapers Published in Maxine ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxine, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maxine.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Maxine:

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 Maxine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Maxine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.