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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rodes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rodes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rodes, 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 Rodes (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 Rodes. 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 hospitals and 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 Rodes is historic, it would have been located within present day Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Rodes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rodes:
- Raleigh County (The home county of Rodes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Clifftop
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sprague
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sprague is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- White Stick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Daniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Raleigh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Beckley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stanaford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Skelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Skelton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skelton
- Tilden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilden is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Mabscott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
- MacArthur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Mill Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Mill Village is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Village
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <2>
- Elk Run Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Janie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Lindytown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lindytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindytown
- Rocklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Sylvester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Knob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Twilight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Bandytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bandytown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandytown
- Barrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Keith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Marnie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marnie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marnie
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Prince
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Kilsyth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKendree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- White Oak Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Harvey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Redstar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Pax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Vale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Rainelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Charmco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Alderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crawley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crichton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Acme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eskdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eskdale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Keystone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Northfork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Matoaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Johnston Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Montcalm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Coaldale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Flipping
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Creamery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Ballard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Wolfcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Nicholas County
- Runa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Jumping Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brooklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Packs Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Pipestem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Buck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Hilldale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Talcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Mullens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Keyrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Kopperston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Rock View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Mullensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Oceana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Fanny
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Woosley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rodes, see our County-by-County Page for Rodes.
Cemeteries Near Rodes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rodes.
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 Rodes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rodes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Wright Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenwood Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hall Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Shady Spring.
- W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
- The W.T. Warden Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Warden Family Cemetery
- Teel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Sebastians Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plumley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- William Kidwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Kidwell Cemetery
- The William Kidwell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kidwell Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Calfee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. TaborCemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Rodes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rodes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rodes, with the one closest to Rodes listed first.
- Daniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Pemberton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Shady Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Quinnimont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Prince
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- McKendree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cirtsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cirtsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cirtsville
- Jumping Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rodes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rodes.
Newspapers Published in Rodes ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rodes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rodes, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rodes.
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 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 Rodes:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Summers County
- Wyoming 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 Rodes, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Rodes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |