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 Carpenter (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 Carpenter. 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 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.
Carpenter is located in Whitley 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 Whitley County : Bell , Knox , Laurel , McCreary , Campbell (TN) & Claiborne (TN) .
Below are the counties that are near Carpenter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carpenter:
Whitley County (The home county of Carpenter)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Siler (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Siler is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Louden (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Nevisdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Nevisdale is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Packard (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Packard is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Verne (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Verne is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Saxton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Emlyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Emlyn is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Pleasant View (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Fairview (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lot (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lot is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Red Ash (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Williamsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rockholds (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Pearl (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Pearl is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Frakes (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Frakes is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes Ingram (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Fonde (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fonde is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde Pruden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Capito (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Capito is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito Edgewood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Fourmile (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Yellow Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Premier (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Premier is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Stony Fork Junction (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction Pineville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Middlesboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Brightshade (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Ashers Fork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Hima (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Garrard (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Goose Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Pathfork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Pathfork is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork Tacky Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Coldiron (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Bryants Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Wheeler (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Trosper (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Artemus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Barbourville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Bimble (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Gray (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Cannon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Hinkle (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Dewitt (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Dorthae (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Hopewell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Lily (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Keavy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Bush (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sublimity City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Marydell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell London (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Maplesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville McCreary County
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Pine Knot (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Strunk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Strunk is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk Revelo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Revelo is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo Whitley City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding Stearns (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Smith Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Smith Town is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town Wiborg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wiborg is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg Campbell County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Morley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Morley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley White Oak (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Jellico (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Habersham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham Stockville ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stockville is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville Fincastle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Fincastle is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
Flat Hollow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow Victory (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Victory is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Elk Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
LaFollette (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
LaFollette is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
LaFollette has also been known as:
Big Creek Gap Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
Stanfill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill Boy ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Boy is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Girlton ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Girlton is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Pruden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Hamlin Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town Clairfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Speedwell (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cumberland Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Harrogate (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Shawanee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Goin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Goin is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Big Barren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Big Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren Head of Barren (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren New Tazewell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sandlick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sandlick is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick Scott County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Isham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Isham is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham State Line (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
State Line is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Winfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Union County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Braden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Braden is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
Phebe ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Phebe is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Long Hollow ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Long Hollow is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Rhodelia ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Rhodelia is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Loo ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Loo is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Lost Creek ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lost Creek is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Haynes ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Haynes is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Wheeler (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Ewing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carpenter, see our County-by-County Page for Carpenter .
Cemeteries Near Carpenter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carpenter.
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 Carpenter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carpenter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Siler Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
McKiddy Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bennett Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Croley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lawson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Beech Bottom Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Bottom Church Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Siler . Goins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goins Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Goins Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Siler . Mays Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wells Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Browns Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Browns Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (748 more) ...
Smith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sears Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Powers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Carpenter had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
Bryants Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Pleasant View (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Saxton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Ingram (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Red Ash (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Lot (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lot is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Artemus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Williamsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Clairfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Barbourville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Rockholds (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Jellico (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Flat Lick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Emanuel (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Emanuel is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Woodbine (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carpenter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carpenter .
Newspapers Published in Carpenter ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carpenter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carpenter, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Carpenter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Carpenter:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Whitley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Harlan County Knox County Laurel County McCreary County Campbell County Claiborne County Scott County Union County Lee County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carpenter. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carpenter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Carpenter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.