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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 Bent (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 Bent. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Bent is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Casey, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Rockcastle, Russell & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bent:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Bent)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Piney Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Acorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Shopville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shopville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
- Dykes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Whetstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Grundy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Coin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Mount Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Dabney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dabney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Northfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ferguson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Bethelridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethelridge is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge
- Ware
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ware is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Mintonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mintonville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville
- Argyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Middleburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Yosemite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Evona is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Gilpin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gilpin is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Cantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cantown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown
- Labascus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Labascus is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus
- Teddy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Teddy is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Benge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Benge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge
- Larue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Larue is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Fogertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fogertown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown
- Garrard County
- Cartersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cartersville is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Peoples
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples
- Dabolt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dabolt is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt
- Annville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- North Corbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Gray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Bernstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
- Keavy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- East Bernstadt
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Sublimity City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- Dorthae
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Lily
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Hopewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Maplesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Greenmount
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenmount is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Marydell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Dog Walk
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk
- Broughtentown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown
- Waynesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
- Turkeytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Kings Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Ottenheim
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim
- Crab Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Halls Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- South Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Madison County
- Slate Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slate Lick is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wiborg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Marshes Siding
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Whitley City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Smith Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stearns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Revelo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Rockcastle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Hansford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ottawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Livingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brodhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Renfro Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mullins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mullins is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
- Orlando
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orlando is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Gum Sulphur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur
- Wildie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wildie is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Conway is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Climax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Russell County
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Frazer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Mill Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Ritner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Rankin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Monticello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Corbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Rockholds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bent, see our County-by-County Page for Bent.
Cemeteries Near Bent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bent.
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 Bent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Thicket Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Randall Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Randall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bradley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Family Cemetery
- The Bradley Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bradley Cemetery
- Pleasant Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sears Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rainey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bobbitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Cemetery
- The Acorn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Acorn Church of God Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #717603 <2>
- Continue List (547 more) ...
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyatt Atkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Renfro 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bent in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bent.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bent, with the one closest to Bent listed first.
- Dykes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Shopville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shopville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
- Grundy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Valley Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Oak is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Oak
- Dabney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dabney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Bloss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloss is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloss
- Plato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plato is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elihu
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elihu is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elihu
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Pongo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pongo is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pongo
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Hansford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bent.
Newspapers Published in Bent ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bent, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bent.
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 Bent:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Casey County
- Clay County
- Garrard County
- Jackson County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- McCreary County
- Rockcastle County
- Russell County
- Wayne County
- Whitley 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 Bent, 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- Bent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |