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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Thacker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Thacker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Thacker, 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 New Thacker (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 New Thacker. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Thacker is historic, it would have been located within present day Mingo 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 Mingo County: Martin (KY), Pike (KY), Buchanan (VA), Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Wayne & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near New Thacker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Thacker:
- Mingo County (The home county of New Thacker)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Thacker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Musick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Musick is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Blackberry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Matewan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wharncliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pie is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Red Jacket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Sprigg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Baisden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gilbert Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Delbarton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Manila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Clothier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clothier is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
- Hewett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Ottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stark is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Stirrat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Omar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wylo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Switzer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Switzer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Man
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holden is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Whitman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kistler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mallory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Wilkinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mineral City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Accoville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Wyoming City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City
- Panther
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Iaeger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Union City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Avondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Paynesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Wilmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Jackson Flats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Bradshaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Roderfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roderfield is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield
- Davy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Stonecoal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Wilsondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Cub City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
- Uno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Sun Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Clear Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Stoneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Fanny
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Oceana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Woosley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Turkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Mullensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Floyd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Betsy Layne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Osborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Galveston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Stanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tram is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram
- Martin County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Lovely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Pilgrim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Beauty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Warfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hode
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Debord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Majestic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Majestic is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Freeburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Stopover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stopover is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Buskirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- McCarr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ransom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ransom is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Calloway Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch
- Coleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Hardy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hardy is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- McAndrews
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- McVeigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McVeigh is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Kelsa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Big Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Matney
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Paynesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Grundy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Flats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Royal City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Vansant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Janey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Height
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Height is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Leemaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Haysi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <2>
- Tarpon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Thacker, see our County-by-County Page for New Thacker.
Cemeteries Near New Thacker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Thacker.
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 New Thacker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Thacker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Italy Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Daniels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edgarton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Simpkins Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chafin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Billy Dotson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simkins Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meador Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Matthew Hatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackberry City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (653 more) ...
- Stafford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Musick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Varney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 New Thacker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Thacker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Thacker, with the one closest to New Thacker listed first.
- Phelps
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamboree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamboree is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
- Coleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Paw Paw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Pinsonfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Oilville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oilville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Canada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Spring is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring
- Kimper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kimper is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Mouthcard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Big Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Hanover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Christian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christian is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
- Iaeger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Man
(16 miles [25.7 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 New Thacker. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Thacker.
Newspapers Published in New Thacker ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Thacker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Thacker, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Thacker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 New Thacker:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Mingo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Floyd County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson 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 New Thacker, 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 '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- New Thacker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |