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 Pew Hill (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 Pew Hill. 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 doctors 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.
Pew Hill 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 Pew Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pew Hill:
- Ritchie County (The home county of Pew Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Cairo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cokeleys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Cornwallis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Cantwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hannahdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Petroleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
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- League
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Oxbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Freed
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Duckworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Roberts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Newberne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Conings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Garfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
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- Browning ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Hurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Adlai
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Schultz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Horseneck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Willow Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Millard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Reedy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Triplett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Plum Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Adonis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Friendly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Big Moses
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sistersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iuka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Freeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Peewee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Dallison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Kanawha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Leachtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Parkers Towne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
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- Valley Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Boaz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
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- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (OH)
- Fly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Newell Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Wade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Yankeeburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Sandhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Deucher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Grandview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Steel Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Ward ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Matamoras
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Grand View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Harmar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Marietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pew Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pew Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pew Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pew Hill.
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 Pew Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pew Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Six Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lynch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swisher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moyers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Metz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- King Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (605 more) ...
- Indian Creek Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairmont 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>
While we didn't find Pew Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pew Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pew Hill, with the one closest to Pew Hill listed first.
- Cairo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cokeleys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Cantwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Hartley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartley is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Cornwallis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- Harrisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nutter Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nutter Farm is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
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- Petroleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
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- Oxbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- League
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Cisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Goffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goffs is located in Ritchie County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pew Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pew Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pew Hill ...
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 Pew Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pew Hill, 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 Pew Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pew Hill:
- 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
- Monroe 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 Pew Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pew Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |