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 Beulah Heights (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 Beulah Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Beulah Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Beulah Heights: Beulah Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beulah Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beulah Heights.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Beulah Heights is located in McCreary 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 McCreary County: Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Beulah Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beulah Heights:
- McCreary County (The home county of Beulah Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Wiborg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Marshes Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Whitley City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stearns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smith Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Revelo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Pine Knot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Strunk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Pearl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frakes is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- North Corbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Gray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bryants Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Barbourville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Keavy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Dorthae
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lily
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Bernstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
- Sublimity City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Northfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Mount Victory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Burnside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bronston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dykes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Whetstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Piney Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Ferguson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Ritner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Frazer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Parmleysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mill Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sumpter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Mount Pisgah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Rankin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Shearer Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Slickford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Murl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Parnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ayers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Emlyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Rockholds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Woodbine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Verne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Corbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lot is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Jellico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Stanfill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Morley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Habersham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fentress County (TN)
- Gernt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Isham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Foster Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Oneida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Verdun
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Helenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Straight Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- Winona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beulah Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Beulah Heights.
Cemeteries Near Beulah Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beulah Heights.
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 Beulah Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beulah Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Barren Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickenbottom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollaway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holloway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCreary County Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gilreath Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laurel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (652 more) ...
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Beulah Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beulah Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beulah Heights, with the one closest to Beulah Heights listed first.
- Sloans Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Ritner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Youngs Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Tateville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Isham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Kidder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Gregory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Williamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Baldrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baldrock is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldrock
- Burnside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coopersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coopersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Bronston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rockholds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beulah Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beulah Heights.
Newspapers Published in Beulah Heights ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beulah Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beulah Heights, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beulah Heights.
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 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 Beulah Heights:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Pulaski County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Fentress County
- Scott 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 Beulah Heights, 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- Beulah Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |