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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sleith. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sleith to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sleith, 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 Sleith (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 Sleith. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sleith is historic, it would have been located within present day Braxton 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 Braxton County: Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Sleith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sleith:
- Braxton County (The home county of Sleith)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Wilsie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
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- Clem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Frametown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
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- Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
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- Progress ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Strange Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
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- Twistville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
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- Gassaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Herold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
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- Canfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
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- Exchange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Losie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Mudfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
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- Stinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Gomez ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
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- Orma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Arnoldsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Pink
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Lydia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ira is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
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- Gould
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gould is located in Clay County
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- Wattsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
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- Swandale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Swandale is located in Clay County
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- Spread
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spread is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
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- Widen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Widen is located in Clay County
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- Clay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Procious
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Procious is located in Clay County
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- Elkhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Shock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Normantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stumptown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stouts Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
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- Sand Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Wellford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
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- Reamer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Falling Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Duffy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Crawford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
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- Hurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Birch River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muddlety
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
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- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zela
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
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- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
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- Craigsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
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- Keslers Cross Lanes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Burnt House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Lawford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
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- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Pigeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
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- Roxalana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Graux
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Kester ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Triplett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Millard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Erbacon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
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- Big Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Replete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Replete is located in Webster County
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- Halo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Camden-on-Gauley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Cowen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
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- Orndoff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
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- Excelsior
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
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- Cleveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hacker Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Upperglade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
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- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Creston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
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- Burning Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Lucile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sleith, see our County-by-County Page for Sleith.
Cemeteries Near Sleith ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sleith.
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 Sleith - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sleith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Elmira Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mollohan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bourn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goodrich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sears Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hallburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pt. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Earl Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (503 more) ...
- Boone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.
Sleith itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sleith, with the one closest to Sleith listed first.
- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Lydia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Frametown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Stinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Home is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Progress ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Strange Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Minnora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minnora is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnora
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- Little Otter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Otter is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Otter
- German ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- German is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Bennett ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sleith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sleith.
Newspapers Published in Sleith ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sleith.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sleith, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sleith.
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 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 Sleith:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Braxton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Kanawha County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Webster County
- Wirt 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 Sleith, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sleith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |