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 Windsong Acres (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 Windsong Acres. 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.
Windsong Acres is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln & Mason.
Below are the counties that are near Windsong Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windsong Acres:
- Putnam County (The home county of Windsong Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Morgans Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Poca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raymond City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Scott Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Teays Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Teays Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Teays Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
- Red House
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eleanor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Emmons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emmons is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Grippe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grippe is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe
- Dartmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dartmont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont
- Horse Creek Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Julian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Julian is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Brushton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brushton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton
- Harless
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Ashford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rumble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rumble is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Dodson Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dodson Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction
- Easly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Easly is located in Boone County
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- Cabell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Culloden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Culloden is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yates Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
- Fudges Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Ona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salt Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sarah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Barboursville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crown City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crown City is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Pea Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Melissa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Romance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Kenna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Kentuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Fairplain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Statts Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Angerona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angerona
- Huntsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Ripley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hereford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Flatwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Nitro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Lanes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sattes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Tornado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
- Dunbar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- South Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Legg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Elk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Ruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Garretts Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Alum Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Priestley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Sod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- Tango
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Portersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Sweetland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- East ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
- Yawkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yawkey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawkey
- Hamlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alkol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
- Myra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Upland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upland is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Grimms Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing
- Arbuckle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Southside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Southside is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Leon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Apple Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Arlee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arlee is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlee
- Baden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Fivemile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fivemile is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Hogsett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hogsett is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogsett
- Brighton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Beale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beale is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beale
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Cicerone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Mattie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Flint Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Walton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Wayne County
- Nestlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Gallia County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Bladen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bladen is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladen
- Eureka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Crown City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crown City is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Gallipolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Athalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Athalia is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Proctorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Scottown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Scottown is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottown
- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Letart Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
- Plants
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plants
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Windsong Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Windsong Acres.
Cemeteries Near Windsong Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsong Acres.
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 Windsong Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windsong Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cartwright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Showen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leadman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- J L Bowling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burdette Lilly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette Lilly Cemetery
- The Burdette Lilly Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thacker Cemetery
- Winfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (835 more) ...
- Giles - Stern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles - Stern Cemetery
- The Giles - Stern Cemetery has also been known as:
- Giles Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Windsong Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Windsong Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windsong Acres, with the one closest to Windsong Acres listed first.
- Scary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scary is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scary
- Poca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raymond City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Bancroft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Teays
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red House
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sattes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Confidence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Confidence is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hugo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hugo is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windsong Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windsong Acres.
Newspapers Published in Windsong Acres ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windsong Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Windsong Acres, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Windsong Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Windsong Acres:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cabell County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Lincoln County
- Mason County
- Roane County
- Wayne County
- Gallia County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Windsong Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsong Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |