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 Pettry Bottom (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 Pettry Bottom. 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.
Pettry Bottom is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Pettry Bottom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettry Bottom:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Pettry Bottom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Naoma
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Stickney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Pineknob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Montcoal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Arnett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Packsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Dorothy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Redbird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Zada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Bolt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Fairdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Janie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Whitesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Twilight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bald Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rocklick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Elk Run Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Bandytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Barrett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Sylvester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pondco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pondco is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Pax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Elkridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- McDunn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Kilsyth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Powellton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Wriston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Redstar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Whipple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Harvey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Acme
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Carbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Ronda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Dry Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Cabin Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Handley
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Winifrede
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- East Bank
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- Alkol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Braeholm
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Sodom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Accoville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mallory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Mineral City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Kistler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Man
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wylo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wylo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Fort Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Peach Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Davy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Big Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Welch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Gilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baisden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Nicholas County
- Beech Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Kopperston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Oceana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Turkey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Rock View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Clear Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Mullens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mullensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Pineville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wyoming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Sun Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Baileysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettry Bottom, see our County-by-County Page for Pettry Bottom.
Cemeteries Near Pettry Bottom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettry Bottom.
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 Pettry Bottom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettry Bottom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Adkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Adkins - Pettry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pettry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Burl Pettry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burl Pettry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burl Pettry Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Naoma.
- The Burl Pettry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pettry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79537 <2>
- Bone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- William Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (532 more) ...
- Cantley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pettry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Pettry Bottom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pettry Bottom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettry Bottom, with the one closest to Pettry Bottom listed first.
- Dry Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Redbird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Jarrolds Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Bald Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bandytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Crany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Matville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Clear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Decota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Acme
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Cirtsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mossy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Van
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettry Bottom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettry Bottom.
Newspapers Published in Pettry Bottom ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettry Bottom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettry Bottom, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pettry Bottom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Pettry Bottom:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Nicholas County
- Wyoming 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pettry Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Pettry Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |