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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Twistville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Twistville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Twistville, 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 Twistville (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 Twistville. 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 doctors and 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 Twistville 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 Twistville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twistville:
- Braxton County (The home county of Twistville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Rockton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
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- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Frametown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Herold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Gassaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strange Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Clem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Little Birch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Losie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Walnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Mudfork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Stinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Oka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Orma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Arnoldsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Beech
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Pink
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Grantsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Wattsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Widen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Lydia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Gould
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Dink
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Spread
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Hartland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Elkhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Procious
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Fayette County
- Leander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Shock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Normantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stumptown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Stouts Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Sand Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Truebada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- De Kalb
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Alice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Newberne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Wellford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Clendenin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Duffy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Alum Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Bridge
- Vadis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muddlety
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Muddlety is located in Nicholas County
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- Beaver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Craigsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zela
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Donald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Tipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Nettie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Odell Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Pigeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
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- Roxalana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Kester ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Looneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Graux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Triplett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Kanawha Head
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Rock Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Wilsontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Frenchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Erbacon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Erbacon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
- Big Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Halo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Replete
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Replete is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Replete
- Cowen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Camden-on-Gauley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Orndoff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orndoff is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
- Excelsior
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Upperglade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Addison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Hacker Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twistville, see our County-by-County Page for Twistville.
Cemeteries Near Twistville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twistville.
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 Twistville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twistville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Middle Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Keener Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stumble Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar Creek Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Frametown and Gassaway. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Gassaway.
- Frame Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frame Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bealls Mill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strange Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Strange Creek Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Strange Creek
- The Strange Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keeners Ridge Community Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976835 <5>
- Goad Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (426 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Houston - Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Twistville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twistville, with the one closest to Twistville listed first.
- Herold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Frametown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Strange Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Little Birch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Otter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Otter is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Otter
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Wattsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Birch River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Home is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twistville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twistville.
Newspapers Published in Twistville ...
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 Twistville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twistville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twistville.
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 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 Twistville:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Braxton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Kanawha County
- Lewis County
- Nicholas County
- Roane County
- Upshur County
- Webster 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 Twistville, 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Frametown and Gassaway. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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- Twistville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |