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 McCreery (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 McCreery. 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 hospitals 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.
McCreery is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near McCreery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCreery:
- Raleigh County (The home county of McCreery)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Terry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Royal ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Piney View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Stanaford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- White Stick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Clifftop
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Skelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Bradley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Sprague
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Beaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Janie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Elk Run Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Sylvester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Keith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Orgas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orgas is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
- Bald Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rocklick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Twilight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bandytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Prince
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quinnimont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- McKendree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Kilsyth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Redstar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- White Oak Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Rainelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- McRoss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Charmco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Rupert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orient Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crawley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crichton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Handley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Hollygrove
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Pratt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Ronda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Matoaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Creamery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wolfcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Runa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Albion ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Beech Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Tipton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Carl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Pipestem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Hilldale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Mullens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Keyrock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Kopperston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Rock View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Pineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McCreery, see our County-by-County Page for McCreery.
Cemeteries Near McCreery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCreery.
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 McCreery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCreery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Royal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
- The W.T. Warden Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Warden Family Cemetery
- William Kidwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Kidwell Cemetery
- The William Kidwell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kidwell Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Teel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plumley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beechnut Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Sunset Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Sebastians Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wright Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Hilltop Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calfee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find McCreery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McCreery.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCreery, with the one closest to McCreery listed first.
- Prince
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Quinnimont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- McKendree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Crow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Daniels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thurmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Beury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beury is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McCreery. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCreery.
Newspapers Published in McCreery ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCreery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCreery, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCreery.
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 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 McCreery:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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 McCreery, 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- McCreery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |