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 Nallen (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 Nallen. 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.
Nallen is primarily located in Fayette County. A portion of Nallen extends into Nicholas 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 Nallen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nallen:
- Fayette County (The home county of Nallen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Clifty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Clifftop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Keeneys Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneys Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneys Creek
- Grayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grayden is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayden
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Maywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Kaymoor ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kaymoor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaymoor
- Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Widen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Hartland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Wattsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Spread
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Gould
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Bomont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Crichton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Orient Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Rainelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Rupert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Kieffer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Handley
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Hollygrove
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Carbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Runa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Carl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Odell Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Albion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Summersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tolbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Tipton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Zela
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Nettie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Royal ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Terry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Abraham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Piney View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Bradley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Prosperity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Stanaford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Clifftop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Skelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- White Stick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Sprague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brooklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(23 miles [37 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
- Welch Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Upperglade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Halo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nallen, see our County-by-County Page for Nallen.
Cemeteries Near Nallen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nallen.
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 Nallen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nallen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rider Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spruce Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilgal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jennette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlers Knob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Legg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tyree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Nallen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nallen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nallen, with the one closest to Nallen listed first.
- Russellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Nutterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nutterville is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Pool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pool is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Mount Lookout
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lookout is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lookout
- Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Clifty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Fowler Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler Knob is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Knob
- Mount Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ravenseye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Edmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Beauty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Clifftop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hominy Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nallen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nallen.
Newspapers Published in Nallen ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nallen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nallen, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nallen.
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 Nallen:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh 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> | 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 Nallen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nallen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |