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 Nutter Farm (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 Nutter Farm. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Nutter Farm is located in Ritchie 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 Ritchie County: Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Tyler, Wirt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Nutter Farm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nutter Farm:
- Ritchie County (The home county of Nutter Farm)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
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- Cornwallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- League
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Cisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Cantwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cokeleys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Ellenboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hannahdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Oxbow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Freed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Rocksdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Duckworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- West Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Avondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
- New Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clara
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Newberne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- De Kalb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Conings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Alice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Normantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Garfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Browning ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Medina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Liverpool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Willowdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Odaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Lewis County
- Hurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Schultz
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Horseneck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Willow Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
- Saint Marys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Adlai
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adlai
- DeLong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLong
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Sugar Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Millard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Reedy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Triplett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Plum Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- Meadville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- McKim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKim
- Friendly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Adonis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adonis
- Middlebourne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Sistersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Moses
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
- Iuka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Paden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Greencastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Newark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Burning Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Windy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Lucile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Peewee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Dallison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallison
- Valley Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Kanawha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Parkers Towne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Towne
- Leachtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Mineral Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Williamstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Wells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Athens County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Youba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Coolville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Fly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Antioch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Noble County (OH)
- Harriettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harriettsville is located in Noble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriettsville
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Newell Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
- Yankeeburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Sandhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Wade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Deucher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Steel Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Grand View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Harmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ward ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Belpre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nutter Farm, see our County-by-County Page for Nutter Farm.
Cemeteries Near Nutter Farm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nutter Farm.
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 Nutter Farm - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nutter Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Rexroach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goose Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elfritz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Layfields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Metz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ingram Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McMullen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (657 more) ...
- Greenhill Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nutter Farm had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nutter Farm, with the one closest to Nutter Farm listed first.
- Petroleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Borland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Borland is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borland
- Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Cornwallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- Deerwalk
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deerwalk is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwalk
- Schultz
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Horseneck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- League
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
- Calcutta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Calcutta is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Cluster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Cantwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Cokeleys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nutter Farm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nutter Farm.
Newspapers Published in Nutter Farm ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nutter Farm.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nutter Farm, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nutter Farm.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Nutter Farm:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Ritchie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Roane County
- Tyler County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Athens County
- Monroe County
- Noble County
- Washington 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 Nutter Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Nutter Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |