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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wabash. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wabash to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wabash, 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 Wabash (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 Wabash. 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 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 Wabash is historic, it would have been located within present day Mineral 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 Mineral County: Allegany (MD), Garrett (MD), Grant, Hampshire & Hardy.
Below are the counties that are near Wabash. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wabash:
- Mineral County (The home county of Wabash)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Hartmansville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Sulphur City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Harrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Elk Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Shaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- New Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Windom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Piedmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keyser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Headsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Short Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Bayard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Medley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Lahmansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Maysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Arthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hopeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Dorcas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Pansy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Romney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vance
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Ritters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Three Churches
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Donaldson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Moorefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Durgon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Inkerman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Baker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Horse Shoe Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carmel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carmel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Terra Alta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Sell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Orr
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orr is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Rowlesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Albright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Heathers Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Macomber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Macomber is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Kingwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Randolph County
- Dryfork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Davis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Thomas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coketon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Canaan Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Gladwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Hendricks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Hambleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Luke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Lonaconing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Rawlings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Ocean
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Frost ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Kitzmiller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Altamont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pendleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Loch Lynn Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Mountain Lake Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Red House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Hutton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boynton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Listonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Ursina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wabash, see our County-by-County Page for Wabash.
Cemeteries Near Wabash ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wabash.
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 Wabash - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wabash covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kitzmiller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kalbough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nethkin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tasker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kitzmiller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Wabash in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wabash.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wabash, with the one closest to Wabash listed first.
- Hartmansville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Harrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Mount Storm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Dale is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Dale
- Elk Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Schell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Chaffee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chaffee is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
- Shaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Kearney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kearney is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Bismarck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bismarck is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Antioch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Barnum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barnum is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Altamont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wabash. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wabash.
Newspapers Published in Wabash ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wabash.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wabash, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wabash.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Wabash:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Mineral County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy County
- Preston County
- Randolph County
- Tucker County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Somerset 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 Wabash, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wabash) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |