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 Pine Creek (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 Pine Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Creek: Pine Crk. (or less commonly used: Pine Ck. or Pine Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Pine Creek is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Boone, Lincoln, Mingo & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Creek:
- Logan County (The home county of Pine Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Omar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stirrat
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holden is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Whitman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Troy Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Hedgeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Thompson Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Wilkinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch
- Peach Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Manila
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Hewett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Clothier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clothier is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
- Havana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Ottawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Jeffrey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffrey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey
- Ramage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramage is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage
- Stark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stark is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Greenview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenview is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Secoal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Secoal is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secoal
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Powell Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Creek
- Turtle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Harts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wewanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
- Spears ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Kinder ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Palermo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Alkol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Wyoming City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City
- Panther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Iaeger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Wilmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmore is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Avondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Big Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Roderfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roderfield is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield
- Davy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davy is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Delbarton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Musick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Musick is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Red Jacket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Pie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pie is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Dingess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Matewan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blackberry City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Sprigg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Chattaroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Thacker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Williamson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baisden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Wilsondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Stonecoal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Doane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Cove Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Dunlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Kiahsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Cub City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
- Uno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Clear Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Sun Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Oceana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Baileysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Stoneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Kopperston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Fanny
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Turkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Wyoming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Lawrence County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Clifford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Maynard ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Martin County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Lovely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Pilgrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Beauty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Warfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hode
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Debord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Inez
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Pike County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Buskirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- McCarr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Williamson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toler is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler
- Hardy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Freeburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Ransom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ransom is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Belfry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Huddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huddy is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy
- Majestic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Majestic is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- McAndrews
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Stone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Kelsa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Big Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Matney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Creek.
Cemeteries Near Pine Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Creek.
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 Pine Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Ooten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Upper Curry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Estep Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Farley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Varney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Curry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dempsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Curry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Duty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (798 more) ...
- Maynard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Pine Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
- Oilville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oilville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Man
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Christian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Christian is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
- Rural
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Chapmanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Canada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinsonfork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Phelps
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Jamboree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jamboree is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
- Pilgrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Coleman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- North Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Spring is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring
- Hewett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Stonecoal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Creek.
Newspapers Published in Pine Creek ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Creek, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Creek.
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 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 Pine Creek:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Buchanan 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 '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- Pine Creek) 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 Pine Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |