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 Salt Sulphur Springs (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 Salt Sulphur Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Salt Sulphur Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Salt Sulphur Springs: Salt Sulphur Spgs. (or less commonly used: Salt Sulphur Spngs. or Salt Sulphur Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Salt Sulphur Springs is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Alleghany (VA), Craig (VA), Giles (VA), Greenbrier & Summers.
Below are the counties that are near Salt Sulphur Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salt Sulphur Springs:
- Monroe County (The home county of Salt Sulphur Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Wikel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Wayside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Hollywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Creamery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wolfcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Assurance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Ballard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peterstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Meadow Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Spring Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Bellwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Maywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Alderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rockland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Fort Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Frazier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Ronceverte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richlands is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Tuckahoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- White Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brink ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Elgood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Willowton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- East River ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East River is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Abraham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Shady Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Riffe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Bargers Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Talcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hilldale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Buck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Bellepoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Hinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Packs Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Brooklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Alleghany County (VA)
- Moss Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Craig County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Captain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Captain is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Huffman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Simmonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Abbott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Kire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kire is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Mountain Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Pembroke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Pearisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eggleston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lurich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Glen Lyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Narrows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Montgomery County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Sundance Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Mount Tabor Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- McBryde Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Bennetts Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Blacksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prices Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Merrimac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Ellett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Parrott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Cowan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Fairlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Radford City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Roanoke County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salt Sulphur Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Salt Sulphur Springs.
Cemeteries Near Salt Sulphur Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salt Sulphur Springs.
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 Salt Sulphur Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salt Sulphur Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Ballard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dropping Lick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dropping Lick Cemetery
- The Dropping Lick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dropping Lick UMC Cemetery
- Old Rehobeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ballard - Harvey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fortner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wayside UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wayside UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Wayside.
- The Wayside UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wayside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80240 <2>
- Lively Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Gap Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kire Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salt Sulphur Springs had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salt Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Salt Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Lillydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lillydale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
- Knobs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Knobs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Keenan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Keenan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan
- Johnson Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Crossroads is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Crossroads
- Rock Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Camp is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
- Zenith
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zenith is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pickaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pickaway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickaway
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crimson Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crimson Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimson Springs
- Sinks Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sinks Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wayside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Assurance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Wolfcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salt Sulphur Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salt Sulphur Springs.
Newspapers Published in Salt Sulphur Springs ...
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 Salt Sulphur Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salt Sulphur Springs, 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 Salt Sulphur Springs.
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 Salt Sulphur Springs:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Alleghany County
- Craig County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Roanoke 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salt Sulphur Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Salt Sulphur Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |