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 Dal (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 Dal. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Dal 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 Dal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dal:
Whitley County (The home county of Dal)
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Verne (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Verne is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Emlyn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Emlyn is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Williamsburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Nevisdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Nevisdale is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Pleasant View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Louden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Louden is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Packard (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Packard is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Saxton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Saxton is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Rockholds (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rockholds is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Fairview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Fairview is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Red Ash (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Ash is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Frakes (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Frakes is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes Pearl (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pearl is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Fonde (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fonde is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde Pruden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Ingram (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Capito (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Capito is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito Edgewood (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Edgewood is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Yellow Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Fourmile (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Stony Fork Junction (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction Premier (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Premier is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Middlesboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Bryants Store (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Wheeler (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Warren (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Barbourville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Trosper (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Gray (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
North Corbin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Artemus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Heidrick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Bimble (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Cannon (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Flat Lick (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Hopewell (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Dorthae (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Keavy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Lily (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Sublimity City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City London (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Marydell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bush (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Maplesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Bernstadt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Pittsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg McCreary County
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Pine Knot (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Strunk (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Strunk is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk Revelo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Revelo is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo Whitley City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding Stearns (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Smith Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Smith Town is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town Wiborg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Wiborg is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg Greenwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Greenwood is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Barthell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Barthell is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell Blue Heron (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Blue Heron is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Mount Victory (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Alpine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Alpine is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Sloans Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley Dykes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Northfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Northfield is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Whetstone (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Wayne County
Ritner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Ritner is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner Campbell County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Jellico (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Morley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Morley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley White Oak (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Habersham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham Elk Valley (18 miles [29 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
Stockville ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Stockville was located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville Stanfill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow LaFollette (23 miles [37 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>
Victory (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Victory is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Boy ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Boy was located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Hamlin Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town Clairfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Pruden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Speedwell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Cumberland Gap (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Harrogate (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Minton Mill (26 miles [41.8 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Goin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Goin is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Scott County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Isham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Isham is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham State Line (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
State Line is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Winfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Oneida (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Straight Fork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Straight Fork is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork Foster Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads West Oneida (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida Verdun (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Verdun is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun Huntsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Norma (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Norma is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
Winona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Winona is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Union County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Braden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Braden is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
Long Hollow ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Long Hollow was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Phebe ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Phebe was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Rhodelia ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Rhodelia was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Lost Creek ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lost Creek was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Loo ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Loo was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Lee County (VA)
Wheeler (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dal, see our County-by-County Page for Dal .
Cemeteries Near Dal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dal.
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 Dal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Rains Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Stanfill - Oaklawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Powers Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Briar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Perkins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Sears Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Highland Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Whitley County Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Watson - Lawson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Smith Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Whitley Memorial Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Siler Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (729 more) ...
Tuggle Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
McKiddy Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wells Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dal, with the one closest to Dal listed first.
Pleasant View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Williamsburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Saxton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Saxton is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Carpenter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Carpenter is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Red Ash (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Ash is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Rockholds (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rockholds is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Lot (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Lot is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Jellico (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bryants Store (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Newcomb (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Newcomb is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb Woodbine (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Woodbine is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Youngs Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Youngs Creek is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek Continue List (15 more) ...
Clairfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Barbourville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Emanuel (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Emanuel is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dal .
Newspapers Published in Dal ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dal, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Dal.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dal:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Whitley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Knox County Laurel County McCreary County Pulaski County Wayne 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 Dal. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Dal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.