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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Perlytown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Perlytown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perlytown, 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 Perlytown (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 Perlytown. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Perlytown is historic, it would have been located within present day Randolph 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 Randolph County: Barbour, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Tucker, Upshur & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Perlytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perlytown:
- Randolph County (The home county of Perlytown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Dryfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harperton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harperton is located in Randolph County
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- Evenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Wymer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wymer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Whitmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmer
- Canfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Whyte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
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- Gilman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
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- Montrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Elkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Belington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Junior
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Junior is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Kalamazoo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Valley Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Kasson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Vannoys Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Valley Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wilmoth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wilmoth is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmoth
- Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Clements ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Audra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Hopeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
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- Dobbin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Pansy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Bayard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Arthur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Dorcas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Seymourville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Greenland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
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- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Durgon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
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- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Mineral County
- Schell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Onego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onego is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
- Macksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Ketterman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
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- Ruddle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
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- Dry Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Pendleton County
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- Zigler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Zigler is located in Pendleton County
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- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seybert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
- Brandywine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Wildell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildell is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildell
- Thornwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thornwood is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornwood
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Sell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sell is located in Preston County
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- Horse Shoe Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carmel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Macomber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Macomber is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Rowlesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Salt Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Tunnelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Gladwin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
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- Elk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Canaan Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Hambleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Pleasant Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Porterwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Coketon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Parsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Davis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Gormley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Swamp Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Swamp Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Run
- Sand Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
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- Red House
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Fort Pendleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Loch Lynn Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Schell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Hutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Mountain Lake Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perlytown, see our County-by-County Page for Perlytown.
Cemeteries Near Perlytown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perlytown.
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 Perlytown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perlytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Teter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kerns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flanagan Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flanagan Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buena Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fansler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNeely Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Collett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Thomas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Perlytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perlytown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perlytown, with the one closest to Perlytown listed first.
- Dryfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alpena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alpena is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena
- Hendricks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Job
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Job is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Bretz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bretz is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz
- Pleasant Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Faulkner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Faulkner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Coketon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Parsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Thomas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- William
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- William is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William
- Hopeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perlytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perlytown.
Newspapers Published in Perlytown ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perlytown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perlytown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perlytown.
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 Perlytown:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Grant County
- Hardy County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Pocahontas County
- Preston County
- Taylor County
- Tucker County
- Upshur County
- Garrett 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 Perlytown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perlytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |