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 Big Branch (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 Big Branch. 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.
Big Branch is located in Knott 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 Knott County : Breathitt , Floyd , Letcher , Magoffin , Perry & Pike .
Below are the counties that are near Big Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Branch:
Knott County (The home county of Big Branch)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Emmalena (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Fisty (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Tina (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Vest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Carrie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Hindman (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Leburn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Garner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Sassafras (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Mousie (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mousie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie Pippa Passes (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Littcarr (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Pine Top (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Hardshell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Clayhole (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Lost Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Kragon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Whick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Rousseau (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Quicksand (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Bays (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Jackson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Wolverine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Frozen Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Rock Lick (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Big Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Eriline (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Dema (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Garrett (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Hueysville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lackey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Wayland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Eastern (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Eastern is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Bypro (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hi Hat (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Minnie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Minnie is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie David (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
David is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Drift (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Drift is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift Langley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Langley is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Maytown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Maytown is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Chad (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Chad is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Cumberland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Big Laurel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Benham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lynch (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Totz (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Asa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa Denver (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Denver is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver East Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Athol (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Tallega (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Lone (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Confluence (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Wooton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Smilax (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Cutshin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Hyden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Yeaddiss (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Thousandsticks (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Wendover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Sizerock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Stinnett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Hoskinston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Asher (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Chappell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Colson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Jeremiah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Blackey (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Letcher (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Hallie (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Deane (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Hot Spot (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Roxana (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Uz (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Bellcraft (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Thornton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton West Whitesburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Whitesburg Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Gunlock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Gypsy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Marshallville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Royalton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Sublett (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Hendricks (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Ivyton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Lakeville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Ova (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Salyersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Netty (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Elsie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Morgan County
Cannel City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Mistletoe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Ricetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Sebastian (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Lerose (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Dwarf (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Ary (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hardburly (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Tribbey (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Bulan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Dice (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Stacy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Acup (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Vicco (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Bonnyman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Combs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Hazard (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Butterfly (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Jonancy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Myra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Virgie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Dorton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Owsley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Blair Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Coal Run Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Coal Run Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
Robinson Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Robinson Creek is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek Yeager (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Yeager is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Belknap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Bethany (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Lee City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Helechawa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Lexie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Almira (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira Haddonfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Branch, see our County-by-County Page for Big Branch .
Cemeteries Near Big Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Branch.
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 Big Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Adam Terry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Combs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Clear Creek Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Fuller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Dobson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Gap Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Richard Smith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Owen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Williams Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Smith Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Smith Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (505 more) ...
Ulous Hurt Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulous Hurt Cemetery The Ulous Hurt Cemetery has also been known as:
Eulis Hurt Cemetery Hurt Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523285 <2>
Young Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bolen Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Big Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Branch, with the one closest to Big Branch listed first.
Dwarf (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Vest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Hindman (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Stacy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Hazard (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Sassafras (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Ned (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Ned is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned Viper (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Pine Top (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Lost Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Chavies (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Raven (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Continue List (15 more) ...
Lackey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Hueysville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Jeremiah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Branch .
Newspapers Published in Big Branch ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Branch, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Big Branch.
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 helpful 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 Big Branch:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Clay County Floyd County Harlan County Johnson County Lee County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Pike County Wolfe County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Branch. 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 Big Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.