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 Decoy (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 Decoy. 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 doctors 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.
Decoy 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 Decoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Decoy:
Knott County (The home county of Decoy)
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Vest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Tina (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Carrie (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Emmalena (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Fisty (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Hindman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Leburn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Mousie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Mousie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie Garner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Pippa Passes (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Raven (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Littcarr (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Pine Top (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Hardshell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Rousseau (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Clayhole (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Lost Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Bays (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Kragon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Quicksand (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Rock Lick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Taulbee (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Jackson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Wolverine (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Hueysville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
David (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
David is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Garrett (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Lackey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Goodloe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Goodloe is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe Eastern (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Eastern is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Dema (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Langley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Langley is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Manton ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Manton is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Maytown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Maytown is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Wayland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Blue River (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Blue River is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River Warco (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Warco is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warco Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Asa (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa Oil Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Oil Springs is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs Denver (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Denver is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver East Point (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Collista (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Collista is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista Barnetts Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnetts Creek Hagerhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill Nero (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Nero is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Staffordsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Van Lear (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Van Lear (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear Paintsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Butcher Hollow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Athol (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Tallega (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Williba (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Lone (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Vada (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Primrose (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Saint Helens (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Confluence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Wooton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Smilax (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Hyden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Cutshin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Sizerock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Wendover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Yeaddiss (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Colson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Jeremiah (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Deane (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Blackey (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Hallie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hot Spot (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Bellcraft (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Farraday (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Farraday is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farraday Hemphill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hemphill is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill Hemphill has also been known as:
Jackhorn Thornton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Gunlock (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Royalton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Sublett (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Gypsy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Marshallville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Hendricks (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Lakeville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Ivyton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Ova (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Salyersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Elsie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Netty (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Cannel City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Malone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Malone is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Dingus (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Dingus is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Ophir (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Ophir is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir Grassy Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Mize (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Jeptha (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jeptha is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeptha West Liberty (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Lerose (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Ricetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Mistletoe (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Sebastian (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Ary (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Stacy (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Dwarf (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Dice (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Bulan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Hardburly (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Tribbey (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Bonnyman (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Combs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Hazard (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Butterfly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Chavies (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Acup (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Owsley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Blair Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Coal Run Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Coal Run Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
Virgie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Jonancy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Myra (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Belknap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Lee City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Bethany (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Helechawa (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Lexie (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Mary (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hazel Green (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Campton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Toliver (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Decoy, see our County-by-County Page for Decoy .
Cemeteries Near Decoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Decoy.
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 Decoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Decoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Bradey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Whitt Howard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Compton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Benton Mann Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Grassy Gap Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Haddix Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Howard Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Carpenter Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Betts Mann Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Chestnut Gap Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
John Joy Howard Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (565 more) ...
Russell Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Clemons Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Miller 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.<2>
While we didn't find Decoy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Decoy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Decoy, with the one closest to Decoy listed first.
Vest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Stacy (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Rousseau (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Ned (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Ned is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned Dwarf (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Gapville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Hindman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Swampton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Swampton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampton Lost Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Hueysville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Gypsy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Lackey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Continue List (18 more) ...
Goodloe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Goodloe is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe Hendricks (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Quicksand (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Decoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Decoy .
Newspapers Published in Decoy ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Decoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Decoy, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Decoy.
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 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 Decoy:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Floyd County Johnson County Lee County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Pike County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Decoy. 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. 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 Decoy, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Decoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.