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 Spaulding (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 Spaulding. 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 doctors and 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.
Spaulding is located in Mingo 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 Mingo County : Martin (KY) , Pike (KY) , Buchanan (VA) , Lincoln , Logan , McDowell , Wayne & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Spaulding. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spaulding:
Mingo County (The home county of Spaulding)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Greyeagle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Greyeagle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle Kermit (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Dingess (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Dingess is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess Myrtle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Myrtle is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Chattaroy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Chattaroy is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Williamson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Delbarton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Jacket is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket Sprigg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Sprigg is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg Matewan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Blackberry City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Blackberry City is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City Musick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Musick is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick Pie (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pie is located in Mingo County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Manila (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Manila is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Havana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Havana is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Hewett (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Hewett is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett Layville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Layville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville Turtle Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Turtle Creek is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek Clothier (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clothier is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier Jeffrey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Jeffrey is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Ottawa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Ottawa is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Ramage (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Ramage is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage Dodson Junction (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Dodson Junction is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction Morrisvale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Morrisvale is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisvale Greenview (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Greenview is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Low Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Low Gap is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Harts (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wewanta (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wewanta is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta Spears ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Spears is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Kinder ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Kinder is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Palermo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Palermo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo Sheridan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sheridan is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Myra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Myra is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra West Hamlin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
Alkol (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Alkol is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol Hamlin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Logan County
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Whirlwind (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Whirlwind is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind Troy Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Troy Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town Holden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Holden is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Hedgeview (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hedgeview is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview Thompson Town (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Thompson Town is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town Whitman (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Chapmanville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Logan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
West Logan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Wilkinson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Big Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Big Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Mitchell Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Banco (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Banco is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Stonecoal (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Wilsondale (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Wilsondale is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale Doane (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Doane is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane Dunlow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Kiahsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Cove Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Effie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Effie is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie East Lynn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
East Lynn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Nestlow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Nestlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow Mineral Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Armilda (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Armilda is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda Echo (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Echo is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Fort Gay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Fort Gay is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Boyd County (KY)
Durbin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Durbin is located in Boyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Floyd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Auxier (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Auxier is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier Prestonsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Dwale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Dwale is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale Ivel (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stanville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tram is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram Allen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Allen is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
Allen has also been known as:
Beaver Creek Junction Beaver Creek Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
Banner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Betsy Layne (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Watergap (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Watergap is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergap Dana (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Dana is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Harold (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Harold is located in Floyd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Martin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Johnson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Whitehouse (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Butcher Hollow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Lowmansville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Lowmansville is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowmansville Williamsport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Williamsport is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Meally (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Meally is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally Thelma (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Thelma is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma Tutor Key (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Tutor Key is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key Nero (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Nero is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Nippa (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Nippa is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nippa Van Lear (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Hagerhill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill West Van Lear (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear Wittensville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Wittensville is located in Johnson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittensville Lawrence County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Clifford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Maynard ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Peach Orchard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Ben Bow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow Patrick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Richardson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Gallup ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Gallup is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Bumblebee ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bumblebee is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee Torchlight ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Torchlight is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torchlight Georges Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek Ulysses ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Ulysses is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses Walbridge ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Walbridge is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walbridge Charley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Charley is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley Martin County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Hode (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hode is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode Lovely (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Lovely is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Warfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Beauty (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Beauty is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Pilgrim (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Inez (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Debord (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Tomahawk (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Pike County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
South Williamson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Forest Hills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Varney (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Varney is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Sidney (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Toler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Toler is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler Belfry (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Canada (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hardy (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hardy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Huddy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Huddy is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy Stone (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Stone is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Buskirk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk Gulnare (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Gulnare is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare McAndrews (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
McAndrews is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spaulding, see our County-by-County Page for Spaulding .
Cemeteries Near Spaulding ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spaulding.
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 Spaulding - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spaulding covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Wills Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Brewer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Brewer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Meade & Messer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Baisden Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Spaulding Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Anderson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brewer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Rose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Evans Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Newsome Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Baisden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (898 more) ...
Messer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hodges Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Williamson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Spaulding in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spaulding.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spaulding, with the one closest to Spaulding listed first.
Stonecoal (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Stonecoal is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Warfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pilgrim (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Dunlow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Dunlow is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow Inez (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rural (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Rural is located in Pike County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Clifford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Ferguson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Ferguson is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Kiahsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Kiahsville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville Maynard ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Peach Orchard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard Fourteen ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Fourteen is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Continue List (18 more) ...
Cove Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Cove Gap is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap Summit (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Summit is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Richardson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Richardson is located in Lawrence County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spaulding. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spaulding .
Newspapers Published in Spaulding ...
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 Spaulding.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spaulding, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Spaulding.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Spaulding:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mingo County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Lincoln County Logan County Wayne County Boyd County Floyd County Johnson County Lawrence County Martin County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spaulding. 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. 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 Spaulding, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Spaulding) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.