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 Bethany (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 Bethany. 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 and hospitals 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.
Bethany is located in Wolfe 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 Wolfe County : Breathitt , Lee , Magoffin , Menifee , Morgan & Powell .
Below are the counties that are near Bethany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethany:
Wolfe County (The home county of Bethany)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Mary (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Lexie (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Campton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Lee City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Hazel Green (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Belknap (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Helechawa (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Pine Ridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Rogers (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Toliver (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver Valeria (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Valeria is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria Bath County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Suddith (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Suddith is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suddith Pine Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Pine Grove is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Little Slate Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek Mill Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mill Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Black Sulpher Spring (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Vancleve (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Frozen Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Oakdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Wolverine (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Taulbee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Chenowee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Jackson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Rock Lick (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Copebranch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Jetts Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Quicksand (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Bays (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Teges (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Oneida (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Sextons Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Barcreek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Furnace (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Miller's Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Lynch Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Ravenna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Wagersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Irvine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Witt Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Gray Hawk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Foxtown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Knott County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Fisty (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Emmalena (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Vest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Williba (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Vada (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Athol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Primrose (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Tallega (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Fincastle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Lone (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Saint Helens (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Zoe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Zachariah (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Beattyville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Heidelberg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Confluence (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Sizerock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Netty (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Ova (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Hendricks (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Edna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Edna is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Elsie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Lakeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Salyersville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Sublett (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Cisco (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Cisco is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Maggard (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Maggard is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggard Royalton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Logville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Logville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville Menifee County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Denniston (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Denniston is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston Wellington (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Mariba (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mariba is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba Korea (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Korea is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea Frenchburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Rothwell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Rothwell is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell Sudith (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sudith is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudith Means (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Means is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Jeffersonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Hope (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hope is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Maytown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Cannel City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Mize (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Ezel (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Ezel is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Grassy Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Malone (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Malone is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ebon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ebon is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon West Liberty (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Yocum (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Yocum is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum Dingus (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Dingus is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Wrigley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wrigley is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Elkfork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Elkfork is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Lerose (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Booneville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Ricetown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Southfork (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Vincent (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Sebastian (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Travellers Rest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Mistletoe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Island City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Buckhorn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Chavies (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Gays Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Stacy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Dice (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Krypton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Saul (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Ary (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Busy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Yerkes (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Butterfly (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Bonnyman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Barker Branch (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch Slade (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
South Fork (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Cat Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Knowlton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Pecks Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek Rosslyn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Upper Cane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Upper Cane is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane Hatton Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek North Bend (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Stanton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Morris Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Morris Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek Rowan County
Mount Hope (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mount Hope is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethany, see our County-by-County Page for Bethany .
Cemeteries Near Bethany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethany.
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 Bethany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Pence Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Haddix Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hollon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Rose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Terrell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Trent Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
White Oak Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Day Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Puckett Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hurst Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Banks - Taulbee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Taulbee & Burton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (683 more) ...
Dunn Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Chambers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Shackaford Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Bethany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethany.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Paxton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Frozen Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Elkatawa (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Elkatawa is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkatawa Chenowee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Taulbee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Campton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Stillwater (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Stillwater is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Monica (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Monica is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica Tallega (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Athol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Jackson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Gillmore (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Gillmore is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillmore Continue List (15 more) ...
Copebranch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Rock Lick (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Lee City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethany .
Newspapers Published in Bethany ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethany.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethany, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bethany.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bethany:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Wolfe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bath County Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Jackson County Knott County Lee County Leslie County Magoffin County Menifee County Montgomery County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Powell County Rowan County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bethany. 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. 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 . 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 Bethany, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bethany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.