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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 Beverly (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 Beverly. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Beverly is located in Bell 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 Bell County: Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley, Claiborne (TN) & Lee (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Beverly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beverly:

  • Bell County     (The home county of Beverly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Stoney Fork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork
    • Rella
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sims Fork
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Callaway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kettle Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Kettle Island is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
    • Arjay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Miracle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Miracle is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
    • Varilla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dorton Branch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorton Branch is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch
    • Straight Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Straight Creek is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
    • Fourmile
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fourmile is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
  • Clay County
  • Harlan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Tacky Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
    • Coldiron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bledsoe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
    • Wallins Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
      • Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
    • South Wallins
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • South Wallins is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
    • Loyall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pathfork
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Baxter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosspoint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Harlan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Twila
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coxton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Scalf
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Scalf is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf
    • Walker
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Walker is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Dewitt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Dewitt is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt
    • Flat Lick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hinkle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hinkle is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
    • Bimble
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Woollum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woollum is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum
    • Cannon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cannon is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Girdler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Trosper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Trosper is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
    • Artemus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Artemus is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
    • Barbourville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Laurel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Bush
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bush is located in Laurel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
    • Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marydell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lily
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Leslie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Warbranch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Warbranch is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch
    • Roark
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Helton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Helton is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
    • Mozelle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Asher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Essie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Essie is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
    • Chappell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoskinston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
    • Stinnett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stinnett is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
    • Bear Branch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
    • Wendover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cutshin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Letcher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Gordon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gordon is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Hallie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Owsley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Mistletoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
    • Sebastian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Saul
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Saul is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
    • Avawam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Delphia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Delphia is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
    • Slemp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Slemp is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
    • Busy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Busy is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
    • Viper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Viper is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
    • Yerkes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckhorn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Gays Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Gays Creek is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
    • Butterfly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornettsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cornettsville is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
    • Hazard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitley County
  • Claiborne County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
    • Cumberland Gap
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Shawanee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Harrogate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Harrogate is located in Claiborne County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrogate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,362 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrogate <1>
    • Minton Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
  • Hancock County (TN)
    • Alanthus Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
  • Lee County (VA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beverly, see our County-by-County Page for Beverly.

Cemeteries Near Beverly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beverly.

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 Beverly - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beverly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.

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.<4>

While we didn't find Beverly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beverly.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.

  • Helton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Helton is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
  • Wallins Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
    • Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
  • Spring Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Brightshade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Walker is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Callaway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Baxter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoskinston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
  • Creech
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Creech is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech
  • Harlan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Flat Lick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pineville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Goose Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Goose Rock is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock
    • Wasioto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cubage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Cubage is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beverly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beverly.

Newspapers Published in Beverly ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beverly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beverly, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beverly.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Beverly:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beverly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Beverly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.