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 Spurlockville (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 Spurlockville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Spurlockville is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Putnam & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Spurlockville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spurlockville:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Spurlockville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Palermo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
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- Alkol
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
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- Spears ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
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- East ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East is located in Lincoln County
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- Yawkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
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- Kinder ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
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- Myra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
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- Harts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
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- Wewanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
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- Tango
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Hamlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Layville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Layville is located in Boone County
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- Morrisvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morrisvale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisvale
- Dodson Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dodson Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Boone County
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- Harless
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Horse Creek Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Julian is located in Boone County
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- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Boone County
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- Turtle Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lory is located in Boone County
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- Manila
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Cabell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Salt Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
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- Culloden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Culloden is located in Cabell County
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- Fudges Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
- Barboursville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Pea Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Hodges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Tornado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
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- Ruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Saint Albans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Rock Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- Sattes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Dunbar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nitro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Lanes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
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- Elk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
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- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Banco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Banco is located in Logan County
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- Big Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Chapmanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Whirlwind
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
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- Peach Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- West Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sodom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
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- Troy Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
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- Fort Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Branch is located in Logan County
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- Hedgeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mason County
- Upland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upland is located in Mason County
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- Mingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Dingess
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
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- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
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- Greyeagle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County
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- Kermit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delbarton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Hurricane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scott Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Teays Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Teays Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Teays Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
- Morgans Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Poca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Eleanor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
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- Red House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Packsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
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- Montcoal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montcoal is located in Raleigh County
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- Stickney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stickney is located in Raleigh County
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- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Cove Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
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- Nestlow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Kiahsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- East Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Wilsondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Doane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
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- Armilda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- Dunlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
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- Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Echo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Effie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Effie is located in Wayne County
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- Stonecoal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
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- Lawrence County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Clifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
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- Maynard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY)
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- Martin County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Hode
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Lovely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Warfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Proctorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Athalia is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Rockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spurlockville, see our County-by-County Page for Spurlockville.
Cemeteries Near Spurlockville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spurlockville.
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 Spurlockville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spurlockville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Bear Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brumfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dotson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Egnor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hager Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bulger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (913 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spurlock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Spurlockville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spurlockville, with the one closest to Spurlockville listed first.
- Jenks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jenks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Griffithsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Griffithsville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithsville
- Myra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Sweetland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Fourteen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fourteen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen
- Chapmanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hamlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sheridan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Cove Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Foster is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Garretts Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Hewett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Nye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nye is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spurlockville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spurlockville.
Newspapers Published in Spurlockville ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spurlockville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spurlockville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spurlockville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Spurlockville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cabell County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- Mason County
- Mingo County
- Putnam County
- Raleigh County
- Wayne County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Lawrence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Spurlockville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spurlockville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |