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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Riddle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Riddle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riddle, please Contact Us.
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 Riddle (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 Riddle. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Riddle is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Riddle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riddle:
- Ritchie County (The home county of Riddle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Pullman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hannahdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Harrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slab
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Berea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Pennsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Toll Gate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
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- Cornwallis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Stanley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Burnsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Progress ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Arnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
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- Orlando
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Freed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Grantsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russet
(22 miles [35.4 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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- Hur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Duckworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Avondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clara is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- Roberts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Newberne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Conings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stumptown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Stouts Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tichenal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- Reynoldsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
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- Katy Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- West Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Milford is located in Harrison County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Hurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Valley Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lightburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Smith Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cox Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Adlai
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Sugar Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
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- Schultz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- DeLong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
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- Horseneck
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
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- Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Willow Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Millard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Triplett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- McKim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Meadville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Big Moses
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- Blue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Adonis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adonis
- Middlebourne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Friendly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Iuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Sandusky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Sistersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County
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- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Ross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Minnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County
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- Bane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
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- Childs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County
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- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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- Pine Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Freeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
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- Greencastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Dallison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
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- Kanawha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
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- Leachtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
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- Slate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Parkers Towne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
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- Valley Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
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- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boaz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
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- North Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Fly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Sardis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Wade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Newell Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
- Grandview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Deucher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Ward ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Yankeeburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Sandhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Steel Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- Gasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gasville is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasville
- Harmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riddle, see our County-by-County Page for Riddle.
Cemeteries Near Riddle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riddle.
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 Riddle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riddle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Pullman Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riddles Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moyers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- King Knob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Broadwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellenboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Riddle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riddle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riddle, with the one closest to Riddle listed first.
- Pullman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Harrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Toll Gate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate
- Pennsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Goffs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goffs is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs
- Hazelgreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hazelgreen is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelgreen
- Holbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holbrook is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
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- Duckworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Cornwallis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riddle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riddle.
Newspapers Published in Riddle ...
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 Riddle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riddle, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riddle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Riddle:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Ritchie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Pleasants County
- Roane County
- Tyler County
- Wetzel County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Monroe County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Riddle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riddle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |