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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Skyles. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Skyles to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Skyles, 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 Skyles (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 Skyles. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Skyles is historic, it would have been located within present day Webster 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 Webster County: Braxton, Greenbrier, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph & Upshur.
Below are the counties that are near Skyles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skyles:
- Webster County (The home county of Skyles)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Erbacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
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- Halo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Cowen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Camden-on-Gauley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Excelsior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Upperglade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Big Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
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- Orndoff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
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- Addison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Ralph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Replete
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Replete is located in Webster County
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- Hacker Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Little Birch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Canfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Herold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Sutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Gassaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Strange Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- McNutt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Frametown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Flatwoods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Losie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Mudfork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Walnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Oka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Orma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Wattsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
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- Widen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Ira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Gould
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Lydia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Dink
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Spread
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Valley Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Elkhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Procious
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Leander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
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- Clifty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Cedarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Shock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Stouts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Normantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Stumptown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Glenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Lile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Quinwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Duffy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
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- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Birch River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tioga
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beaver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Craigsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Muddlety
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddlety
- Donald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Summersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nettie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saxman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Odell Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Zela
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Pocahontas County
- Slaty Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Florence ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Pickens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blue Spring is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Roane County
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Kanawha Head
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Wilsontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Rock Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Frenchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skyles, see our County-by-County Page for Skyles.
Cemeteries Near Skyles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skyles.
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 Skyles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skyles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Barnett Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tinnel / Mollohan Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hoover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McElwain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Canfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Baker Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spruce Run Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Skyles in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skyles.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skyles, with the one closest to Skyles listed first.
- Boggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boggs is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Birch River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Birch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Canfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Delphi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Delphi is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Strouds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strouds is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
- Halo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Herold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Welch Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Wattsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Bakers Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers Run is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Run
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Upperglade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Sutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hookersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skyles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skyles.
Newspapers Published in Skyles ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skyles.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skyles, 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 Skyles.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Skyles:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Greenbrier County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Pocahontas County
- Randolph County
- Roane County
- Upshur 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 Skyles, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Skyles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |