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 Needmore (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 Needmore. 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 and 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.
Needmore is located in Hardy 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 Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Needmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Needmore:
- Hardy County (The home county of Needmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Baker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Inkerman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Fort Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Lost City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moorefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wardensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mathias
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durgon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Medley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lahmansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Dorcas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Pansy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Hopeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Sedan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Yellow Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Augusta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Romney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Vance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- North River Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Ritters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Three Churches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Capon Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Headsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- New Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Keyser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sulphur City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Elk Garden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Ketterman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Kline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Mountain Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Lehew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Rock Enon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Fawcett Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Hayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Chambersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Day - Mar Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Stephens City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Page County (VA)
- Rileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Criders
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Tunis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Fulks Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Cootes Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Plains Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Turleytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Broadway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Columbia Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Zepp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orkney Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Toms Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maurertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Waterlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Overall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Reliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bentonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Needmore, see our County-by-County Page for Needmore.
Cemeteries Near Needmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Needmore.
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 Needmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Needmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burlington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heare Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Olivet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clagett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Needmore had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Doman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Inkerman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Rockland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Rio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Moorefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wardensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Mathias
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Van Buren Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Van Buren Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Furnace
- Delray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Needmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needmore.
Newspapers Published in Needmore ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Needmore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Needmore, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Needmore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Needmore:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Frederick County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren 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 Needmore, 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 from Point A (ie- Needmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |