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 Rosendorf (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 Rosendorf. 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 doctors and 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.
Rosendorf is located in Tucker 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 Tucker County: Barbour, Grant, Preston & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Rosendorf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosendorf:
- Tucker County (The home county of Rosendorf)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Hendricks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Hambleton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Parsons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Porterwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Elk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Pleasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Gladwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Coketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Thomas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Canaan Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Valley Furnace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Kalamazoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Kasson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Belington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Junior
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Junior is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Valley Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vannoys Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Wilmoth ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wilmoth is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmoth
- Arden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Clements ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Dobbin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Hopeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Bayard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Pansy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Greenland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Arthur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seymourville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Dorcas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Lahmansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Schell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hartmansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Onego
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Onego is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
- Macksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Ketterman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Ruddle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
- Pocahontas County
- Wildell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wildell is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildell
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Sell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Horse Shoe Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Macomber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Macomber is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carmel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Rowlesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Salt Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Tunnelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Heathers Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Terra Alta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Newburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Dryfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Harman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Wymer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wymer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
- Whyte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Harperton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harperton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperton
- Gilman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Canfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Elkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leadsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Knottsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Thornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Yates ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Brydon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brydon
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Fetterman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Flemington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Astor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Swamp Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Swamp Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Run
- Gormley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Excelsior
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Sand Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Teter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter
- Overhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Red House
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Fort Pendleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Hutton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Loch Lynn Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Mountain Lake Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Schell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Deer Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosendorf, see our County-by-County Page for Rosendorf.
Cemeteries Near Rosendorf ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosendorf.
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 Rosendorf - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosendorf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Fansler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McNeely Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Collett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Teter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonifield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Knotts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flanagan Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hile Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Kerns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Rosendorf in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosendorf.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosendorf, with the one closest to Rosendorf listed first.
- Hendricks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Bretz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bretz is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz
- Parsons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Coketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Thomas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lead Mine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lead Mine is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Dryfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- William
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- William is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Auvil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auvil is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvil
- Cortland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cortland is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosendorf. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosendorf.
Newspapers Published in Rosendorf ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosendorf.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosendorf, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosendorf.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rosendorf:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Tucker County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Grant County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Pocahontas County
- Preston County
- Randolph County
- Taylor County
- Upshur County
- Garrett 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 Rosendorf, 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 from Point A (ie- Rosendorf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |