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 Odell (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 Odell. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Odell 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 Odell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Odell:
Kanawha County (The home county of Odell)
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Coco (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Apgah ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Apgah is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Three Mile (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Three Mile is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile Falling Rock (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock Reamer (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Reamer is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer Youngs Bottom (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom Clendenin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Pinch (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Pinch is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch Elkview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jarretts Ford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford Wills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Wills is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Big Chimney (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Bloomingrose (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Bloomingrose is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose Comfort (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Eden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Eden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Sharlow (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Sharlow is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow Ashford (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Dartmont (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Dartmont is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont Joes Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Joes Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek Racine (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Racine is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine Rumble (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Rumble is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble Seth (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Brushton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Brushton is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton Coopertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Coopertown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Braxton County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Elmira (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Elmira is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Strange Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Strange Creek is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek Clem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Clem is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem Sleith ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Sleith is located in Braxton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith Calhoun County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Oka (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Oka is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka Mudfork (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Mudfork is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork Stinson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Stinson is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson Losie ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Losie is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie Walnut (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Walnut is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Beech (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Beech is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Pink (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Pink is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Gomez ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Gomez is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Orma (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Orma is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma Arnoldsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Bomont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bomont is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont Porter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Porter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Procious (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Elkhurst (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Elkhurst is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst Hartland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hartland is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Clay (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Valley Fork (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Valley Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork Spread (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Spread is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Gould (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Gould is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Dink (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Dink is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink Harrison (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Harrison is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Ira (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Ira is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Cannelton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cannelton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton Montgomery (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Crescent (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Crescent is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Smithers (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Kimberly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Kimberly is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Mount Carbon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon Gauley Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Falls View (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Falls View is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View Powellton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Powellton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton Romont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Romont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romont Elkridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Elkridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Ansted (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Romance (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Romance is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance Fletcher (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Fletcher is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Kentuck (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Kentuck is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck Kenna (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Aplin ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Aplin is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin Statts Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Statts Mills is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills Fairplain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Fairplain is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Alum Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Priestley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Priestley is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley Sod (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sod is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod Garretts Bend (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend Nicholas County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Dixie (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Dixie is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Beech Glen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen Albion ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Albion is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Tipton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Tipton is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Zela (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Zela is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela Keslers Cross Lanes (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 southeast)
Morrison is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Summersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Muddlety (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Muddlety is located in Nicholas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Liberty (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Poca (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Sigman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sigman is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman Raymond City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Raymond City is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City Morgans Landing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing Paradise (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Paradise is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Bancroft (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Bancroft is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
Scott Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Scott Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village Red House (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Teays Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Winfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Raleigh County
Dorothy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Dorothy is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Pigeon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pigeon is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Kester ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Kester is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Mattie ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Mattie is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Walton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Cicerone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Cicerone is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone Looneyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Woodyard ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Woodyard is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Roxalana (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Roxalana is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana Rushville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Rushville is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville Zona (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Zona is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona Flint Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Flint Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town Graux (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Graux is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Odell, see our County-by-County Page for Odell .
Cemeteries Near Odell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Odell.
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 Odell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Odell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
O Dell Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Odell Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Kennedy Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Ryder Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryder Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ryder Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Pinch . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79780 <3>
Murdock Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hayes Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Perry Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Vickers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Reamer Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Hinkle Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Sand Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Deer Run - Keaton - Myers Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (625 more) ...
Woody Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Morris Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Price Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Odell had a population of 16 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
Gazil ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Gazil is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazil Coco (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Coco is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco Kendalia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Kendalia is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia Apgah ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Apgah is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah Clendenin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Spangler (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Spangler is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Jarrett (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jarrett is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett Pond Gap (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pond Gap is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap Wellford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Wellford is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford Lizemores (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Lizemores is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizemores Procious (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Procious is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious Osbornes Mills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Osbornes Mills is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornes Mills Continue List (15 more) ...
Aarons (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Aarons is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Mink ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Mink is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Kanawha City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Odell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Odell .
Newspapers Published in Odell ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Odell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Odell, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Odell.
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 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 Odell:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Kanawha County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Braxton County Calhoun County Clay County Fayette County Jackson County Lincoln County Nicholas County Putnam County Raleigh County Roane County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Odell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Kanawha County: https://kanawha.us/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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- Odell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Odell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.