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 Speedway (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 Speedway. 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 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.
Speedway is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County : Bland (VA) , Giles (VA) , Tazewell (VA) , McDowell , Raleigh , Summers & Wyoming .
Below are the counties that are near Speedway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Speedway:
Mercer County (The home county of Speedway)
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Athens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Elgood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Oak Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Oak Grove is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Princeton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Oakvale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
East River ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Johnston Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Johnston Town is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town Willowton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Willowton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton Lashmeet (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet Blake ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake El Centro ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
El Centro is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro Matoaka (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Matoaka is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
Edison (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Edison is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Prince (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Quinnimont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Quinnimont is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont McKendree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
McKendree is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree Meadow Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
Greenbrier County
Alderson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Logan County
Rich Creek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Rich Creek is located in Logan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek McDowell County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Elkhorn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Elkhorn is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Kyle (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Kyle is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Northfork (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Keystone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Anawalt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Anawalt is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
Kimball (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Big Four (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Big Four is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Thorpe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Thorpe is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe Gary (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Gary is located in McDowell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Ballard (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ballard is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Peterstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Assurance (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Assurance is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance Wayside (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Wayside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Wikel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Wikel is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel Creamery (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Creamery is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Wolfcreek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek Union (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Union is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
Hillsdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Hillsdale is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale Raleigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Shady Spring (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Coal City (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Coal City is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City Princewick (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Princewick is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick Eastgulf (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Eastgulf is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgulf Rhodell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rhodell is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
Sullivan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Daniels (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Helen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Helen is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Tilden (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Tilden is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Beaver (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Pemberton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Pemberton is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Sophia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury Summers County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Pipestem (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks True (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Nimitz (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Nimitz is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz Packs Ferry (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Packs Ferry is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry Jumping Branch (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Jumping Branch is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch Buck (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Buck is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Forest Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Bellepoint (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bellepoint is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint Brooklin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Brooklin is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin Hinton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Bargers Springs is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs Hilldale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Hilldale is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale Wyoming County
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Bud (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Bud is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Mullens (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Keyrock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Keyrock is located in Wyoming County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock Pineville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bland County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Round Bottom (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Rocky Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap Hicksville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville Mechanicsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg Bastian (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Craig County (VA)
Captain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Captain is located in Craig County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain Giles County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Glen Lyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Lurich (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Lurich is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich Rich Creek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Shumate (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Shumate is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Narrows (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Pearisburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Pembroke (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill Eggleston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Goodwins Ferry (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry Kire (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Kire is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire Pulaski County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Sassin ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Sassin is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin Parrott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Parrott is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Hilton Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village Cowan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Cowan is located in Pulaski County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Dublin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Pulaski (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Tazewell County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Bluefield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills Pocahontas (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
Yards (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards Saint Clair (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Boissevain (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain Abbs Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley Shawver Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill Springville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Springville is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Little Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Little Town is located in Tazewell County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Speedway, see our County-by-County Page for Speedway .
Cemeteries Near Speedway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speedway.
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 Speedway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Speedway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Blake Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hearn Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Barberie Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
McCue Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hall Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Dunns Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Meador Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Lovern Church of God Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovern Church of God Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lovern Church of God Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Athens . The Lovern Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
Casher Hill Cemetery Cashers Hill Cemetery Harris Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77962 <3>
Farley Farm Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Farm Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Farley Farm Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> Pipestem . The Farley Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
Archibald & Jermima Farley Cemetery Stinson Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Miller Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Crawford Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Continue List (380 more) ...
Brown Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hatcher Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Hatcher Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Speedway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speedway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Speedway, with the one closest to Speedway listed first.
Elgood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Elgood is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood Dunns (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Dunns is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Pipestem (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Spanishburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Princeton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks Oakvale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Oakvale is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Warford ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Warford is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warford Ellison (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ellison is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison East River ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
East River is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River Glen Lyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
Neponset (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Neponset is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Continue List (13 more) ...
Crumps Bottom (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Crumps Bottom is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumps Bottom True (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
True is located in Summers County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Lashmeet (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lashmeet is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Speedway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Speedway .
Newspapers Published in Speedway ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speedway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speedway, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Speedway.
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 helpful 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 Speedway:
Websites specific to West Virginia Pages specific to Mercer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fayette County Greenbrier County Logan County McDowell County Monroe County Raleigh County Summers County Wyoming County Bland County Craig County Giles County Pulaski County Tazewell County Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Speedway. 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. 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 from Point A (ie- Speedway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Speedway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.