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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about McMellin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McMellin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McMellin, 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 McMellin (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 McMellin. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of McMellin is historic, it would have been located within present day Monongalia 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 Monongalia County: Fayette (PA), Greene (PA), Marion, Preston, Taylor & Wetzel.
Below are the counties that are near McMellin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McMellin:
- Monongalia County (The home county of McMellin)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Cheat Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Canyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Baker Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Brookhaven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Morgantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Star City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Granville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Bowlby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Osage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Laurel Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Point is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Point
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Mount Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Hoodsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Rivesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Grant Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Neel ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Samaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Samaria is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Barrackville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Fairmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatine
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Bruceton Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brandonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Clifton Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Masontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Reedsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morgans Glade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Arthurdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lenox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Gladesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Thornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Fetterman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- West Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Pruntytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Yates ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Friendsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Accident
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McHenry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Morris Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
- Point Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haydentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Atlantic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- New Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Winstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Shoaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shoaf is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoaf
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Fayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Elliottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Masontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Dilliner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Nemacolin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Mount Morris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ceylon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Carmichaels
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Stringtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Fordyce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Khedive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Ursina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Confluence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Draketown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Listonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Washington County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Millsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Brownsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Daisytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Deemston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deemston is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- California
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coal Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allenport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elco is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Beallsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westmoreland County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Gibsonton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Scottdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McMellin, see our County-by-County Page for McMellin.
Cemeteries Near McMellin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McMellin.
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 McMellin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McMellin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Fletcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blaney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jennewine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Cheat Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eden UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pierpont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cagey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (424 more) ...
- Pt. Marion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find McMellin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McMellin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McMellin, with the one closest to McMellin listed first.
- Morris Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
- Stewartstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stewartstown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Pisgah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Point Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Haydentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dilliner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Old Frame
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Frame is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
- New Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Winstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Dellslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dellslow is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellslow
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- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Morgantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McMellin. See our List of 1890's Communities around McMellin.
Newspapers Published in McMellin ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around McMellin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McMellin, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McMellin.
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 McMellin:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Monongalia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marion County
- Preston County
- Taylor County
- Garrett County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland 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 McMellin, 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> | 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. |
| <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- McMellin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |