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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 Chevrolet (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 Chevrolet. 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.
Chevrolet is located in Harlan 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 Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Chevrolet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chevrolet:
Harlan County (The home county of Chevrolet)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Coxton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Bobs Creek (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Ages (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Ages is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages Verda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Verda is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda Harlan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cawood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cawood is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood Mary Alice (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Rosspoint (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Rosspoint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint Baxter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Loyall (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Loyall is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
Draper (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Draper is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Evarts (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bailey Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Stoney Fork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Beverly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Callaway (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Varilla (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Jenson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Arjay (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Calvin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Straight Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Dorton Branch (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch
Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Ashers Fork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Big Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Goose Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock
Knott County
Sassafras (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Scalf (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Dewitt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Flat Lick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Bimble (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Hinkle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Trosper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Helton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Chappell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Warbranch (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Mozelle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Yeaddiss (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Asher (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Cutshin (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Hoskinston (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Essie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Roark (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Smilax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Wendover (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Gordon (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Flint (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hallie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Partridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Kings Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Blackey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Roxana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Hot Spot (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot
Letcher (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Uz (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Jeremiah (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Delphia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Viper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Jeff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Avawam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Happy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Scuddy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Acup (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Vicco (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Hazard (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Shawanee (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Cumberland Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Harrogate (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Caney Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Tazewell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Raven Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Minton Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Springdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Alanthus Hill (18 miles [29 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
Sneedville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Kyles Ford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Willis (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Duck Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Xenophon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Yount Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
Hawkins County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Eidson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Mooresburg Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Hubbard Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Fleenortown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Rose Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saint Charles (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Jonesville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Pennington Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Van (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ewing (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Ely (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Dryden (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Blackwater (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Darnell Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Keokee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Duffield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Clinchport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Exeter (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Appalachia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Big Stone Gap (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Osaka (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka East Stone Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chevrolet, see our County-by-County Page for Chevrolet .
Cemeteries Near Chevrolet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chevrolet.
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 Chevrolet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chevrolet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Beech Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Field Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cawood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Turner Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Gabes Branch Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jones Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Slack Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Burkhart Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Rainbow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Evarts Memorial Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Middleton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (765 more) ...
Nolan Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Johnson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery The Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
Johnson Family Cemetery
Fee Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Chevrolet in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chevrolet.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chevrolet, with the one closest to Chevrolet listed first.
Harlan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Baxter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Evarts (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Creech (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Hagan (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Hubbard Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Wallins Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Boons Path (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Rose Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Helton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Jonesville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cubage (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cubage is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage Continue List (13 more) ...
Ewing (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Van (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ely (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chevrolet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chevrolet .
Newspapers Published in Chevrolet ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chevrolet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chevrolet, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> . A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chevrolet.
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 Chevrolet:
Websites specific to Kentucky
Pages specific to Harlan County
Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County
Clay County
Knott County
Knox County
Leslie County
Letcher County
Perry County
Claiborne County
Hancock County
Hawkins County
Lee County
Scott County
Wise County
Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chevrolet. 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.
<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 Chevrolet, 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- Chevrolet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.