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 Sandy Huff (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 Sandy Huff. 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 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.
Sandy Huff is located in McDowell 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 McDowell County : Buchanan (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , Mercer , Mingo & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Huff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Huff:
McDowell County (The home county of Sandy Huff)
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Wilmore (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Wilmore is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Iaeger (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Union City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Union City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Big Sandy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Big Sandy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Avondale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Avondale is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Roderfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Roderfield is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield Davy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Davy is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
Panther (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Panther is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Bradshaw (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Wyoming City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Wyoming City is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City Welch (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Jackson Flats (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Paynesville is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Rocklick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Rocklick is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick Greenwood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Greenwood is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Bald Knob (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bald Knob is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob Barrett (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Barrett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Pondco (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Pondco is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondco Stark (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Stark is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Bim (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bim is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bim Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Wylo (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Wylo is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo Mallory (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mallory is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Mineral City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mineral City is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Man (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Kistler (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Kistler is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Accoville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Accoville is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville Braeholm (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Braeholm is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeholm Stirrat (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Stirrat is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat Omar (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Switzer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Switzer is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Whitman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Fort Branch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Fort Branch is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Branch Wilkinson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Coaldale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Coaldale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale Coopers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Coopers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Bramwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Freeman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Freeman is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Weyanoke (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Weyanoke is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke Nemours (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Yards (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Yards is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Flipping (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Flipping is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping Matoaka (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Montcalm (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Montcalm is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm Mingo County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Gilbert Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek Baisden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Gilbert (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Wharncliffe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Pie (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Musick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Thacker (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Thacker is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Blackberry City (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Matewan (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Sprigg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Delbarton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Myrtle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Rhodell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Bolt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bolt is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt Helen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Ury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ury Eastgulf (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Redbird (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Redbird is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Slab Fork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork Arnett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Fairdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Fairdale is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale Pineknob (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pineknob is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob Stotesbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Stoneville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Stoneville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Cub City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Cub City is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City Baileysville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Fanny (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Fanny is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny Woosley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Woosley is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Sun Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Uno (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Uno is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Clear Fork (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Wyoming (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Wyoming is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mullensville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Mullensville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville Pineville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Turkey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Turkey is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Oceana (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Stopover (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Stopover is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover Majestic (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Majestic is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Paw Paw (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Freeburn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn Phelps (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Coleman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Coleman is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Buskirk (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk McCarr (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Calloway Branch (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Calloway Branch is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch Ransom (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Ransom is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Fedscreek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek McVeigh (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
McVeigh is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh Hardy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Buchanan County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Jackson Flats (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats Paynesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville Height (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Height is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height Peapatch (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch Matney (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Bearwallow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Kelsa (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa Grundy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Janey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey Mavisdale (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale Royal City (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City Vansant (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Big Rock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Russell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Dye (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Dye is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Russell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Russell is located in Russell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Dunford Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village Harman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Harman is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman Bishop (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Bishop is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Sayersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Sayersville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville Shraders (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Shraders is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders Abbs Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Adria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Adria is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria Red Ash (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Red Ash is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Boissevain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Cedar Bluff (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Richlands (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Pisgah (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pisgah is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Pocahontas (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Huff, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Huff .
Cemeteries Near Sandy Huff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Huff.
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 Sandy Huff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Huff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Robert Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Collins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Meadows Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Lockhart Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bowles Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lester Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Kennedy Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Steele Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Collins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Kelly Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Iaeger Memorial Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Memorial Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Roderfield . The Iaeger Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Roderfield Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #151357 <2>
Robert Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Continue List (513 more) ...
Powell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Reed Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Blevins Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Sandy Huff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Huff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Huff, with the one closest to Sandy Huff listed first.
Iaeger (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Iaeger is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
Hanover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Hanover is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover North Spring (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
North Spring is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring Lincoln (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lincoln is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Bradshaw (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Baileysville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Baileysville is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville Sun Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill Pineville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Christian (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Christian is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Bearwallow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Rock View (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Rock View is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View Oceana (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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Jesse (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Jesse is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Man (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Newfound (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Newfound is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Huff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Huff .
Newspapers Published in Sandy Huff ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Huff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Huff, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Huff.
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 either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sandy Huff:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to McDowell County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Logan County Mercer County Mingo County Raleigh County Wyoming County Pike County Buchanan County Russell County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Huff. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Sandy Huff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Huff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.