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 Atlanta (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 Atlanta. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Atlanta is located in Laurel 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 Laurel County : Clay , Jackson , Knox , McCreary , Pulaski , Rockcastle & Whitley .
Below are the counties that are near Atlanta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atlanta:
Laurel County (The home county of Atlanta)
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Greenmount (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount East Bernstadt (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Maplesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville London (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Sublimity City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Bernstadt (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Marydell (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bush (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lily (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Dorthae (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Hopewell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Benge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Larue (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Fogertown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Burning Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Sidell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Urban (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Fall Rock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Sextons Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Laurel Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Manchester (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Hima (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Garrard (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Goose Rock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Locust Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Lynch Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Garrard County
Cartersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Peoples (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Dabolt (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Annville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Tyner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Waneta (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Sandgap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Foxtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Kerby Knob (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
North Corbin (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Crane Nest (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Woollum (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Gray (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Girdler (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Cannon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Heidrick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Hinkle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Barbourville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bimble (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Scalf (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Artemus (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Dewitt (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Idamay (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Beattyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Bear Branch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Sizerock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Dog Walk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk Turkeytown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown Crab Orchard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Broughtentown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Bighill (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Duluth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Berea (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Slate Lick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Slate Lick is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick Dreyfus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Bobtown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bobtown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown Middletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Middletown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Wallaceton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Wallaceton is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton Panola (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Brassfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Kingston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Kingston is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Farristown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Farristown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farristown Whites (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Whites is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Island City (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Travellers Rest (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Sebastian (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Southfork (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Mistletoe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Pebworth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Ricetown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Booneville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Lerose (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Perry County
Saul (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Acorn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Whetstone (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Walnut Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Mount Victory (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Dykes (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Shopville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Shopville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville Bee Lick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Coin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Piney Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Woodstock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dabney (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Grundy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Northfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Northfield is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Livingston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Mullins (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Orlando (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Hansford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Climax (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Mount Vernon (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Renfro Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Wildie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Disputanta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Conway (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Conway is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Brodhead (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Ottawa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Gum Sulphur (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Corbin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Woodbine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Rockholds (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atlanta, see our County-by-County Page for Atlanta .
Cemeteries Near Atlanta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atlanta.
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 Atlanta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atlanta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elza - Swanner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hoskins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Moren Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Landrum Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Little Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Farris Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cornett Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Litton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Morris Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (548 more) ...
Cunnigan Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nelson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Casteel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Atlanta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Atlanta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
Greenmount (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount McWhorter (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
McWhorter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter Oakley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Oakley is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley Peoples (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples East Bernstadt (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Moores Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Moores Creek is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Creek Pittsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Langnau (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Langnau is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langnau Crawford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Crawford is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Maplesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Benge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge London (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Larue (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Annville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Patch (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Hazel Patch is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Patch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atlanta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atlanta .
Newspapers Published in Atlanta ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atlanta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atlanta, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Atlanta.
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 helpful 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 Atlanta:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Laurel County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Clay County Estill County Garrard County Jackson County Knox County Lee County Leslie County Lincoln County Madison County Owsley County Perry County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Whitley County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Atlanta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Atlanta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Atlanta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.