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 Poynette (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 Poynette. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Poynette is located in Pleasants 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 Pleasants County: Washington (OH), Ritchie, Tyler & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Poynette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poynette:
- Pleasants County (The home county of Poynette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Adlai
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Horseneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Willow Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Freed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Duckworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Avondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roberts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Saint Clara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Newberne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Conings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Hurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- League
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwallis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pennsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hannahdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stanley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Cokeleys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Petroleum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Plum Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Friendly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Adonis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sistersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Big Moses
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Paden City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Minnie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County
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- Ross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Childs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County
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- New Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barker is located in Wetzel County
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- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marion is located in Wetzel County
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- Proctor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Freeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
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- Elizabeth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Windy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Dallison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Parkers Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
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- Valley Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
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- Williamstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kanawha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Boaz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
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- North Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Leachtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mineral Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Fly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Antioch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Graysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Plainview
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Sardis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Benwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benwood is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Edwina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Laings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Laings is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Stafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Mount Carrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Woodsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lewisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Noble County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Harriettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harriettsville is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Crooked Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Dexter City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- South Olive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Olive is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Dungannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Fulda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulda is located in Noble County (OH)
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- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Wade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Newell Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Deucher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Ward ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Yankeeburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Grandview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Steel Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Matamoras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Sandhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Gasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gasville is located in Washington County (OH)
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- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poynette, see our County-by-County Page for Poynette.
Cemeteries Near Poynette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poynette.
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 Poynette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poynette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Nine Mile Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ingram Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Calcutta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clay Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schultz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Layfields Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (634 more) ...
- Lamp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove 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.<3>
While we didn't find Poynette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poynette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poynette, with the one closest to Poynette listed first.
- Maxwell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maxwell is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- League
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
- Finch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Finch is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Adlai
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Pleasants County
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- Calcutta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calcutta is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLong
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Briggs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Briggs is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Saint Marys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Sugar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants 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 Poynette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poynette.
Newspapers Published in Poynette ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poynette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poynette, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poynette.
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 either 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 Poynette:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Pleasants County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Lewis County
- Ritchie County
- Tyler County
- Wetzel County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Monroe County
- Noble 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> | 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 Poynette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poynette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |