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 Beartown (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 Beartown. 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.
Beartown is located in Elliott 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 Elliott County: Carter, Lawrence, Morgan & Rowan.
Below are the counties that are near Beartown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beartown:
- Elliott County (The home county of Beartown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Ault
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Suddith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peasticks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Oakla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakla is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Boyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boltsfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
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- Princess
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
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- Mavity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
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- Big Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy is located in Boyd County
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- Cannonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Jacobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Soldier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Smoky Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Beetle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beetle is located in Carter County
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- Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leon is located in Carter County
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- Wesleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
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- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Willard is located in Carter County
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- Hitchins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hitchins is located in Carter County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Ryan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Plummers Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Colfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Grange City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wallingford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
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- Sunset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
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- Foxport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Pleasureville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasureville is located in Fleming County
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- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Hopewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Tygarts Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
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- Hunnewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hunnewell is located in Greenup County
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- Warnock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
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- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- York is located in Greenup County
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- Argillite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danleyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Danleyton is located in Greenup County
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- Lynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Keaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Redbush
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Flatgap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
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- Fuget
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fuget is located in Johnson County
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- Volga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Volga is located in Johnson County
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- Sitka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sitka is located in Johnson County
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- Barnetts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County
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- Oil Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- Staffordsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wittensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wittensville is located in Johnson County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Mazie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
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- Webbville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Webbville is located in Lawrence County
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- Cherokee Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Gap is located in Lawrence County
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- Houckville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Houckville is located in Lawrence County
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- Skaggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
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- Martha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
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- Brammer Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brammer Gap is located in Lawrence County
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- Cherokee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cherokee is located in Lawrence County
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- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Lawrence County
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- Hicksville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hicksville is located in Lawrence County
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- Overda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Overda is located in Lawrence County
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- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscola ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tuscola is located in Lawrence County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Emerson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Camp Dix
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
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- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
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- Garrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Vanceburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County
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- Charters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
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- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Logville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
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- Cisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Lacey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
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- Flat Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County
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- Maggard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maggard is located in Magoffin County
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- Wheelersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wheelersburg is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Falcon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Falcon is located in Magoffin County
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- Painters Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County
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- Netty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Korea
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Wrigley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Crockett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dingus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Ophir
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Elliottville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Minor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Haldeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Brady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Clearfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Farmers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Hazel Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Valeria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beartown, see our County-by-County Page for Beartown.
Cemeteries Near Beartown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beartown.
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 Beartown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beartown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- LeMasters - Holbrook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blankenbeckler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boggs Cemetery One
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beartown Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beartown Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wagoner - Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flem Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stigall Cemetery Two
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clarence Scaggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- R.E. Scaggs - Caudill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Continue List (878 more) ...
- Kilgore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scaggs - WIlson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kegley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
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 Beartown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beartown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Ordinary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ordinary is located in Elliott County
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- Stark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stark is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
- Jacobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Elliottville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Limestone is located in Carter County
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- Minor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Lawton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Wyett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyett is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beartown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beartown.
Newspapers Published in Beartown ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beartown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beartown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beartown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Beartown:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Elliott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Boyd County
- Carter County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Magoffin County
- Menifee County
- Morgan 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 Beartown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Beartown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |