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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 Nuckolls (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 Nuckolls. 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 and 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.

Nuckolls is located in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County: Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Lincoln, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh & Roane.

Below are the counties that are near Nuckolls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nuckolls:

  • Kanawha County     (The home county of Nuckolls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Eskdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
    • Carbon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Carbon is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
    • Acme
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Acme is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
    • Handley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Handley is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
    • Hollygrove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
      • Hollygrove has also been known as:
      • Hollygrove Station
      • Hudnall
    • Ronda
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ronda is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
    • Pratt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Dry Branch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
    • East Bank
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Glasgow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cabin Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
    • Chelyan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Joes Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Joes Creek is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
    • Elk Run Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
    • Janie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Janie is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
      • Former name for Janie:
      • Mordue
    • Sylvester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Coopertown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Coopertown is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Keith
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Keith is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
    • Orgas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Orgas is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
    • Whitesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Fosterville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Fosterville is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
    • Cabot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cabot is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
    • Comfort
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Kirbyton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Kirbyton is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Bomont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bomont is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
    • Porter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Porter is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
    • Elkhurst
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Elkhurst is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
    • Hartland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hartland is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Procious
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Procious is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
    • Clay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Elkridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Elkridge is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
    • Powellton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Powellton is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Kimberly
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimberly is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • McDunn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • McDunn is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
    • Mount Carbon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
    • Crescent
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Crescent is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Montgomery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Falls View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Falls View is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
    • Cannelton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cannelton is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
    • Gauley Bridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wriston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wriston is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Alum Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Priestley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Priestley is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
    • Sod
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sod is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
    • Alkol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Alkol is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
    • East ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • East is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
  • Logan County
    • Sodom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sodom is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
  • Nicholas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Beech Glen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
    • Dixie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dixie is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • Albion ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Albion is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Tipton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tipton is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
    • Keslers Cross Lanes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
    • Morrison ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Morrison is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
    • Zela
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Zela is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
    • Runa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Runa is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
  • Raleigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Dorothy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Packsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Packsville is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
    • Montcoal
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
    • Stickney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stickney is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
    • Naoma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Naoma is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
    • Pineknob
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
    • Rock Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Arnett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Zada
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Zada is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
    • Bradley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradley is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Sweeneyburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
    • Prosperity
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.
    • Kopperston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
    • Oceana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nuckolls, see our County-by-County Page for Nuckolls.

Cemeteries Near Nuckolls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nuckolls.

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 Nuckolls - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nuckolls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.

  • Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sycamore Branch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sight Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Perry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Danville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Guthrie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Foster Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Page Tabernackle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (580 more) ...
    • Hensley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Branch Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Montgomery Memorial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Memorial Park
      • The Montgomery Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Montgomery Memorial Cemetery
      • Montgomery Memorial Gardens

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.<4>

While we didn't find Nuckolls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nuckolls.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Nuckolls, with the one closest to Nuckolls listed first.

  • Powellton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Powellton is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Acme
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Acme is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
  • Decota
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Decota is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
  • Mount Carbon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
  • Eagle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
  • Handley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Handley is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
  • Kincaid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kincaid is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
  • Deep Water
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Deep Water is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
  • Crescent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Montgomery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dry Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
  • Crown Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crown Hill is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • East Bank
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Coalburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Coalburg is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
    • Shrewsbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Shrewsbury is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nuckolls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nuckolls.

Newspapers Published in Nuckolls ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nuckolls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nuckolls, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nuckolls.

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 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 Nuckolls:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Nuckolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Nuckolls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.