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 Wilbur (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 Wilbur. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Wilbur is located in Tyler 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 Tyler County: Washington (OH), Doddridge, Monroe, Pleasants, Ritchie & Wetzel.
Below are the counties that are near Wilbur. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilbur:
- Tyler County (The home county of Wilbur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Blue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
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- Big Moses
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
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- McKim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
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- Iuka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tyler County
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- Middlebourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County
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- Plum Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
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- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Tyler County
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- Sandusky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Tyler County
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- Adonis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County
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- Friendly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Sistersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- Freed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
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- Doddridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Avondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Doddridge County
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- West Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duckworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
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- Smithburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithburg is located in Doddridge County
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- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
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- Doak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Doak is located in Doddridge County
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- New Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Market is located in Doddridge County
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- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Doddridge County
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- Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
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- Miletus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miletus is located in Doddridge County
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- Coldwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
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- Big Isaac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Conings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
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- Newberne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
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- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
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- Alice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
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- Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- De Kalb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
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- Glenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alliance is located in Harrison County
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- Katy Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
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- Reynoldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Harrison County
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- Sardis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sardis is located in Harrison County
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- Jimtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Harrison County
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- O'Neill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- O'Neill is located in Harrison County
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- Rosebud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosebud is located in Harrison County
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- Tichenal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tichenal is located in Harrison County
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- Wilsonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilsonburg is located in Harrison County
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- Adamston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
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- Gore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gore is located in Harrison County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Hurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hurst is located in Lewis County
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- Vadis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vadis is located in Lewis County
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- Alum Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alum Bridge is located in Lewis County
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- Valley Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camden is located in Lewis County
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- Lightburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
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- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
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- Jane Lew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
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- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
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- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Rymer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rymer is located in Marion County
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- Big Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Marion County
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- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansport is located in Marion County
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- Mannington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Metz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Marion County
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- Worthington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Marshall County
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- Bannen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bannen is located in Marshall County
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- Adaline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Adaline is located in Marshall County
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- Kausooth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kausooth is located in Marshall County
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- Pleasants County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Adlai
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County
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- Sugar Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- DeLong
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLong
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Schultz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County
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- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Horseneck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- Willow Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
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- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
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- Toll Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
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- Pennsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellenboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pullman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hannahdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
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- League
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- League is located in Ritchie County
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- Harrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
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- Slab
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Cornwallis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
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- Wetzel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Wetzel County
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- Minnie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Minnie is located in Wetzel County
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- Childs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Childs is located in Wetzel County
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- Bane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barker is located in Wetzel County
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- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
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- Smithfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bebee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bebee is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bebee
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Kodol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kodol is located in Wetzel County
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- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
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- Monroe County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Fly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fly is located in Monroe County (OH)
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- Sardis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Benwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Benwood is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Laings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laings is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laings
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Clarington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clarington is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Graysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Mount Carrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrick
- Edwina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Coats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coats is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Woodsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Grandview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Matamoras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Ward ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ward is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Wade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wade is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Deucher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deucher is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deucher
- Newell Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newell Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Run
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- Steel Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Steel Run is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Run
- Yankeeburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yankeeburg is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeeburg
- Dalzell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
- Gasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gasville is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasville
- Sandhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilbur, see our County-by-County Page for Wilbur.
Cemeteries Near Wilbur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilbur.
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 Wilbur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilbur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Wilbur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arnold Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Underwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pierpont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Piggott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (615 more) ...
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buck Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wilbur had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilbur, with the one closest to Wilbur listed first.
- Deep Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deep Valley is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
- Shirley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Central Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Central Station is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Station
- Bearsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bearsville is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsville
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- West Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meeker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meeker is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Frew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frew is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frew
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Duckworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
- McKim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKim is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKim
- Toll Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Bert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bert is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bert
- Wick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilbur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilbur.
Newspapers Published in Wilbur ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilbur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilbur, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilbur.
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 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 Wilbur:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Tyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County
- Gilmer County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Wetzel County
- Monroe County
- Washington 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 Wilbur, 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- Wilbur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |