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 Brinkley (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 Brinkley. 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 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.
Brinkley 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 Brinkley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brinkley:
Knott County (The home county of Brinkley)
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Leburn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hindman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Garner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Pippa Passes (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Littcarr (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Pine Top (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Carrie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Tina (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Vest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Redfox (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Redfox is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox Emmalena (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Kite (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Kite is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite Fisty (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Hardshell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Clayhole (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Lost Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Rousseau (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Whick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Kragon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Quicksand (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Bays (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Jackson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Dema (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Bypro (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Wheelwright (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Wheelwright is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
Lackey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Wayland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Wheelwright Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Garrett (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Hi Hat (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Melvin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Melvin is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Weeksbury (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Weeksbury is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury Hueysville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
McDowell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Minnie (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Minnie is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Cumberland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Benham (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Chad (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Chad is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Lynch (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Totz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Big Laurel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Closplint (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Closplint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint Louellen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Louellen is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen Holmes Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Smilax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Wooton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Cutshin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Yeaddiss (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Confluence (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Hyden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Wendover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Stinnett (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Hoskinston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Chappell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Sizerock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Colson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Jeremiah (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Deane (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Blackey (11 miles [17.7 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 (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Hot Spot (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Roxana (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Uz (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Bellcraft (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Thornton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Hallie (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Farraday (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Farraday is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farraday Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Gunlock (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Gypsy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Marshallville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Royalton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Sublett (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Ivyton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Hendricks (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Lakeville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Vicco (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Hardburly (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Acup (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Happy (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Scuddy (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Dwarf (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Tribbey (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Ary (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Bulan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Jeff (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Cornettsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Combs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Hazard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Myra (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Dorton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Jonancy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Virgie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Robinson Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Robinson Creek is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek Owsley (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Yeager (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Yeager is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager Fords Branch (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fords Branch is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch Blair Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Coal Run Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
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
Mayo Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mayo Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village Hellier (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hellier is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier Lookout (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Lookout is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Dickenson County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Darwin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin Clintwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lee County (VA)
Darnell Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Almira (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira Haddonfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield Pound (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Osaka (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka Appalachia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Blackwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Kent Junction (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction Exeter (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Esserville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Esserville is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville Hamilton town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town Wise (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brinkley, see our County-by-County Page for Brinkley .
Cemeteries Near Brinkley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brinkley.
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 Brinkley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brinkley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Carr Fork Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Reynolds Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Madden Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Franklin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Estill Smith Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Young Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Upper Kelly Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Click Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Christon Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Cody Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bald Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Combs Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (528 more) ...
Fuller Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Bolen Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Owen Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Brinkley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brinkley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brinkley, with the one closest to Brinkley listed first.
Hindman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Pine Top (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Vest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Sassafras (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jeremiah (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hall is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Smoot Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek Deane (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Raven (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Dwarf (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Indian Bottom (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom Lackey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Continue List (14 more) ...
Roxana (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Craftsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Craftsville is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville Hazard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brinkley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brinkley .
Newspapers Published in Brinkley ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brinkley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brinkley, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Brinkley.
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 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 Brinkley:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Floyd County Harlan County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Perry County Pike County Dickenson County Lee County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brinkley. 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 Brinkley, 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- Brinkley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.