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 Arrow (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 Arrow. 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.
Arrow is located in Pike County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Buchanan (VA), Dickenson (VA), Wise (VA) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Arrow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arrow:
- Pike County (The home county of Arrow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Majestic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Majestic is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Phelps
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Freeburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freeburn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Stopover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stopover is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Ransom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Calloway Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calloway Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch
- Coleman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- McCarr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buskirk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- Paw Paw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- McVeigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McVeigh is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh
- Pinsonfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Hardy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Osborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Betsy Layne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Galveston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Grethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
- Stanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tram is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram
- Ivel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Teaberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Dana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Pilgrim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Lovely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Warfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beauty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Hode
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Debord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Kelsa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Big Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Grundy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Matney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Royal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Paynesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Jackson Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Vansant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Janey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Leemaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Mavisdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Height
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Height is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Haysi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <1>
- Tarpon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Clinchco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Stirrat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Omar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wylo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wylo is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylo
- Switzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Switzer is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Man
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Man is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <1>
- Holden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Holden is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Whitman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mallory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mallory is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Wilkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kistler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Mineral City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Hedgeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Accoville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Accoville is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accoville
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Wyoming City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City
- Panther
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Iaeger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Paynesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Jackson Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Avondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Wilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Bradshaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Roderfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roderfield is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderfield
- Height
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Height is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peapatch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Thacker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Blackberry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Matewan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sprigg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Wharncliffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Musick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Red Jacket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Pie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pie is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Baisden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Delbarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilbert Creek is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Creek
- Chattaroy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Wayne County (WV)
- Stonecoal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Cub City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
- Uno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Baileysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baileysville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileysville
- Sun Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Clear Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Fork is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork
- Stoneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stoneville is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Fanny
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fanny is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
- Wyoming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Woosley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Oceana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arrow, see our County-by-County Page for Arrow.
Cemeteries Near Arrow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arrow.
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 Arrow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arrow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Edgarton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Daniels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Billy Dotson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dotson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Italy Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- George Hatfield Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry Hatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dotson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Matthew Hatfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackberry City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (629 more) ...
- Stafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coleman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buskirk 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>
While we didn't find Arrow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arrow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arrow, with the one closest to Arrow listed first.
- Phelps
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jamboree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jamboree is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
- Coleman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Paw Paw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Pinsonfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Canada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Mouthcard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Big Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Oilville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oilville is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Fishtrap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- North Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Spring is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spring
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grundy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Iaeger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Rural
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arrow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arrow.
Newspapers Published in Arrow ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arrow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arrow, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arrow.
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 websites either 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 Arrow:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Martin County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 Arrow, 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- Arrow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |