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 Pettus (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 Pettus. 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 and doctors 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.
Pettus 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 Pettus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettus:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Pettus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Packsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Montcoal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcoal
- Stickney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Dorothy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Naoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naoma is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naoma
- Pineknob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Rock Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Arnett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zada is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zada
- Redbird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bolt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Sweeneyburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeneyburg is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeneyburg
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Janie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Whitesville
(Less than 2 miles 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>
- Elk Run Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Sylvester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Twilight
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bandytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Keith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Prenter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prenter is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prenter
- Marnie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marnie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marnie
- Cabot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Milltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Bald Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Elkridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elkridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge
- McDunn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McDunn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDunn
- Pax
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Powellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Wriston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wriston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wriston
- Kimberly
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberly is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Mount Carbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carbon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
- Kilsyth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Crescent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Falls View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smithers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Acme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Eskdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Dry Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Ronda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- Cabin Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Winifrede
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- Hollygrove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
- Hollygrove has also been known as:
- Hollygrove Station
- Hudnall
- Chesapeake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- East Bank
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Handley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Alkol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Priestley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Alum Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- East ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Tango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Yawkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Sodom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Braeholm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Braeholm is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm
- Accoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Accoville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- Mineral City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Kistler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mallory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Man
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Mitchell Heights
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Banco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- West Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mingo County
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Beech Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dixie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Kopperston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Oceana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Turkey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Keyrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Clear Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Rock View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Sun Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Uno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Baileysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Mullensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Cub City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettus, see our County-by-County Page for Pettus.
Cemeteries Near Pettus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettus.
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 Pettus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Mordue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jarrells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jarrells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burl Pettry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Pettry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Dorothy
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawson Cemetery
- Stanley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (624 more) ...
- Adkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adkins - Pettry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- William Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Pettus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pettus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
- Jarrolds Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Bandytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Bald Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Dry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Decota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Acme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Gordon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Nelson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Van
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Van is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Clear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Comfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Redbird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mossy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mossy is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy
- Crany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Matville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettus.
Newspapers Published in Pettus ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettus, 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 Pettus.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Pettus:
- 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
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pettus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pettus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |