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 Bays (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 Bays. 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.
Bays is located in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County: Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Bays. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bays:
- Breathitt County (The home county of Bays)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Rousseau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Rock Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quicksand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Vancleve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Elliott County
- Isonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- David
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- David is located in Floyd County
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- Goodloe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
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- Blue River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blue River is located in Floyd County
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- Hueysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eastern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eastern is located in Floyd County
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- Manton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Manton is located in Floyd County
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- Garrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- Lackey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Langley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
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- Maytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Floyd County
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- Prestonsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Warco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Warco is located in Floyd County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Asa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Oil Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- Barnetts Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
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- Collista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
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- Fuget
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fuget is located in Johnson County
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- East Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Redbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Staffordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Volga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Johnson County
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- Hagerhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
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- Paintsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Vest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mousie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Leburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pippa Passes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Raven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Knott County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Skaggs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
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- Martha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
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- Mazie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Williba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Lone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Saint Helens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zachariah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe
- Beattyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Heidelberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Leslie County
- Confluence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Netty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova
- Hendricks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Elsie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
- Lakeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Sublett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Royalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Salyersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshallville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Maggard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maggard is located in Magoffin County
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- Cisco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Wellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Korea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Mariba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Cannel City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Mize
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dingus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Ophir
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ebon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon
- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Lerose
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ricetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown
- Southfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
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- Sebastian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
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- Pebworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Mistletoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Stacy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Ary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chavies
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
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- Dwarf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
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- Krypton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
- Bonnyman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Butterfly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
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- Hardburly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Barker Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch
- Slade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Rowan County
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Belknap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Lee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Helechawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
- Lexie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Bethany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Mary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Toliver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
- Campton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Valeria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Pine Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bays, see our County-by-County Page for Bays.
Cemeteries Near Bays ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bays.
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 Bays - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bays covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Walters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jim Blanton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- John Back Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gil Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holbrook's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keeton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crafts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Henry C. Calhoun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry C. Calhoun Cemetery
- The Henry C. Calhoun Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calhoun Cemetery
- Risner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McQuinn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (619 more) ...
- Back Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rudd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Bays in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bays.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bays, with the one closest to Bays listed first.
- Rousseau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
- Rock Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick
- Taulbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee
- Hager
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hager is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager
- Lee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Hendricks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quicksand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
- Lykins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lykins is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykins
- Gillmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillmore is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillmore
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Frozen Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Caney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Caney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
- Elkatawa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkatawa is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkatawa
- Sellars
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sellars is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellars
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bays. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bays.
Newspapers Published in Bays ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bays.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bays, 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 Bays.
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 Bays:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breathitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elliott County
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Menifee County
- Morgan County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Powell County
- Rowan County
- Wolfe 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> | 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 Bays, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bays) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |