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From: "M.D. Blough" <>
Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN-L] Haneytown
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:06:46 -0700 (PDT)


Yes, Haney Town was the original name for Dallas, WV.
Check out http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/dallas.htm
for more information. FWIW, Dallas is *very* close to
the Washington Co., PA border and I also had many
ancestors who crossed back and forth.

Good luck,
Melinda

Researching:

BOOTH - GODDARD - HOWARD - REED - TRUSSELL
FOX - KENT
in Wasington Co., PA, Greene, Co., PA and Marshall
Co., WV
--- wrote:
> In a message dated 4/8/99 6:20:00 AM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> > Does anyone know where Haneytown, Washington
> County, Pa is or was.
> > I have a Civil War paper that states the family
> lived in Haneytown,Wash.
> > Co.Thank You
>
>
> I believe that Haney Town was actually an old name
> for Dallas WV, which is
> over in Marshall Co. I did a search for the name at
> the USGS page (being
> sure to select "yes" next to Query variant names)
> and came up with 4 places
> that match Haneytown, none in WV or PA. When I
> changed the spelling to Haney
> Town, they showed me Dallas WV. Many of my
> Washington Co families also lived
> in Marshall and Ohio Counties of PA at some time. I
> have seen the name Haney
> Town mentioned in published histories, but always as
> a place in WV.
>
> The USGS can be found at:
>
> http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
>
> --
> Cherie Atkinson Clark
>
> http://members.aol.com/chersfmly/
>
> Looking for ATKINSON in Ohio Co. WV and Washington
> Co PA, FIFE in Allegheny
> and Washington Co PA, KIMMINS (or KIMMONS) in Ohio
> and Marshall Co WV and
> Washington Co PA, SKILES in Washington Co PA,
> TOLBERT in Carroll Co VA and
> Raleigh and Fayette Co WV, WEBB in Carroll Co VA,
> McDAID in Washington Co PA
> and Marshall Co WV, and FARIS in Ohio Co WV and
> Delaware Co OH, and too many
> more to list!
>
> It's easier to love someone who's dead, they make so
> few mistakes
>
> (Harvey Fierstein in "Torchsong
> Trilogy")
>
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