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 Taylor (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 Taylor. 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.
Taylor is located in Hardy 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 Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Taylor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylor:
- Hardy County (The home county of Taylor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Moorefield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fort Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Durgon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Lost City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Inkerman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Mathias
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Wardensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Seymourville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Lahmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Dorcas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Greenland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Pansy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hopeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Bayard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Dobbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Romney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Yellow Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Ritters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Lehew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Three Churches
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hartmansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- New Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sulphur City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Headsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Elk Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Schell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Shaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Keyser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Windom ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Piedmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Ketterman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Kline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Fort Seybert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
- Onego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onego is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
- Macksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Ruddle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ruddle is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruddle
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Dryfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harperton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harperton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperton
- Harman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Canaan Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Davis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coketon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Elk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Pierce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Gladwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Luke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Schell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Kitzmiller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Fort Pendleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Frederick County (VA)
- Lehew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Rockingham County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Criders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Tunis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Fulks Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Cootes Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Timberville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turleytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Plains Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orkney Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Mount Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Zepp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Calvary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Rinkerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maurertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylor, see our County-by-County Page for Taylor.
Cemeteries Near Taylor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor.
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 Taylor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Branch Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Pine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Run Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Knobley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Taylor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taylor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Moorefield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
- Seymourville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Lahmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Medley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Williamsport is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Masonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Needmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Doman ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Inkerman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor.
Newspapers Published in Taylor ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylor, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylor.
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 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 Taylor:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Randolph County
- Tucker County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Frederick County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Taylor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Taylor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |