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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pleasant Hill is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Grantsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freed
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Progress ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Chapel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Wilsie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
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- Elmira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Frametown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
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- Gassaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Lydia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Ira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ira is located in Clay County
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- Gould
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gould is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
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- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Saint Clara
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Duckworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- De Kalb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newberne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Shock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Truebada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
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- Liverpool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Meadowdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
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- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
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- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Vadis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Hurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Adlai
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Schultz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Horseneck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Willow Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Burnt House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Cantwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Oxbow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Cokeleys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Berea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Cisco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pullman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Triplett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Graux
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Spencer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roxalana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
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- Reedy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Looneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Kester ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Zona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- McKim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Freeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Elizabeth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Peewee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Leachtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Dallison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Kanawha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant 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 Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Broomstick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Big Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Betts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saunders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waggoner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fluharty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverleaf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zeke Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (574 more) ...
- Goodnight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bryners Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- White Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Pine is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
- Grantsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Big Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Nobe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nobe is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobe
- Henrietta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Henrietta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Staten
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Freed
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Big Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- De Kalb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Tanner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tanner is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Mount Zion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Burnt House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Hur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Sycamore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant 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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant 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 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 Pleasant Hill:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Tyler County
- Wirt County
- Wood 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 Pleasant Hill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |