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 Sinks Grove (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 Sinks Grove. 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 Sinks Grove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Sinks Grove: Sinks Grv.
- While the name of this community is Sinks Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sinks Grove may originally have been Sink's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sinks Grove might be written as Sink Grove.
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 doctors 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.
Sinks Grove 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 Sinks Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sinks Grove:
- Monroe County (The home county of Sinks Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Wolfcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Hollywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Creamery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wikel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Assurance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Ballard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peterstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Spring Dale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Meadow Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Bellwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Maywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Quinnimont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Fort Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Frazier
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Ronceverte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Richlands is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Brink ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Clendenenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clendenenville is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenenville
- Tuckahoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(24 miles [38.6 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 Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Elgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Willowton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas County
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Abraham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Grandview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Shady Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Riffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Talcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bargers Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Hilldale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Forest Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Bellepoint
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Brooklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Packs Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Alleghany County (VA)
- Moss Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Botetourt County (VA)
- Oriskany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Craig County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Captain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Captain is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Simmonsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Huffman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huffman is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott is located in Craig County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Kire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kire is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Mountain Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Pembroke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rich Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Bluff City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Lurich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Pearisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eggleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyn
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Goodwins Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Narrows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Mount Tabor Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Bennetts Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Sundance Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Blacksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McBryde Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Roanoke County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Catawba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sinks Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Sinks Grove.
Cemeteries Near Sinks Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sinks Grove.
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 Sinks Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sinks Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Rehobeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hanger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alderson Fletcher Addition Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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<4> to the northeast of Wayside.
- The Wayside UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wayside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80240 <3>
- Ballard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Dropping Lick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Gap Mills Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dowdy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sinks Grove had a population of 124 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sinks Grove, with the one closest to Sinks Grove listed first.
- Pickaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickaway
- Monitor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Monitor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Nickells Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nickells Mill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickells Mill
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Knobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Knobs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Wolfcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Fort Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Johnson Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Crossroads is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Crossroads
- Salt Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salt Sulphur Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Sulphur Springs
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Keenan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keenan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan
- Hollywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Blaker Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blaker Mills is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaker Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sinks Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sinks Grove.
Newspapers Published in Sinks Grove ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sinks Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sinks Grove, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sinks Grove.
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 Sinks Grove:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Nicholas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Alleghany County
- Botetourt County
- Craig County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Roanoke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sinks Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Sinks Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |