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 Eighty Eight (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 Eighty Eight. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Eighty Eight is located in Barren 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 Barren County: Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Eighty Eight. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eighty Eight:
- Barren County (The home county of Eighty Eight)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Kino
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kino is located in Barren County
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- Nobob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nobob is located in Barren County
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- Slick Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
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- Etoile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
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- Coral Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
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- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
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- Hiseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
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- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
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- Lucas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Barren County
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- Beckton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
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- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Nell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nell is located in Adair County
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- Breeding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Breeding is located in Adair County
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- Toria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Toria is located in Adair County
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- Keltner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
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- Weed
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weed is located in Adair County
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- Sparksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sparksville is located in Adair County
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- Gradyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gradyville is located in Adair County
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- Pickett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett is located in Adair County
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- Kemp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kemp is located in Adair County
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- Portland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Portland is located in Adair County
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- Chance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chance is located in Adair County
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- Bliss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bliss is located in Adair County
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- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Cedar Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
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- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Allen County
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- Meador
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Meador is located in Allen County
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- Oak Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
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- Yesse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
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- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
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- Petroleum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
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- Halfway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
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- Red Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Dubre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dubre is located in Cumberland County
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- Marrowbone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
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- Waterview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Waterview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
- Cloyds Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cloyds Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyds Landing
- Leslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Grider
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grider is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grider
- Burkesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dougan Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town
- Bakerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bakerton is located in Cumberland County
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- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Union City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mammoth Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
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- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Liletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liletown is located in Green County
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- Exie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Green County
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- Greensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Roachville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roachville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Three Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Horse Cave
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pascal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
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- Bunnell Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Hardyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
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- Rowletts
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
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- Canmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
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- Logsdon Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
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- Munfordville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rio is located in Hart County
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- Winesap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
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- Cub Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Summer Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
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- Cedar Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
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- Edmonton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
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- Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
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- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
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- Mud Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
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- Tompkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fountain Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meshack
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meshack is located in Monroe County
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- Gamaliel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hestand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hestand is located in Monroe County
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- Akersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
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- Boles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boles is located in Monroe County
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- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Smiths Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Claypool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Gotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Clay County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Boles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boles is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Clementsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clementsville is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
- Hermitage Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hermitage Springs is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Springs
- Moss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moss is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Jenkins Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jenkins Village is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village
- Celina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Free Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Free Hill is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
- Thompsons Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
- Cave Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Springs is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Walnut Shade
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walnut Shade is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Frog Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Red Boiling Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eighty Eight, see our County-by-County Page for Eighty Eight.
Cemeteries Near Eighty Eight ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eighty Eight.
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 Eighty Eight - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eighty Eight covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Bowles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barbour Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells - Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alkinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- McPherson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mosier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eighty Eight had a population of 22 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eighty Eight, with the one closest to Eighty Eight listed first.
- Nobob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nobob is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobob
- Temple Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Summer Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Slick Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mount Hermon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Etoile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Sulphur Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Lick
- Coral Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Edmonton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eighty Eight. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eighty Eight.
Newspapers Published in Eighty Eight ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eighty Eight.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eighty Eight, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eighty Eight.
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 Eighty Eight:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Barren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Cumberland County
- Edmonson County
- Green County
- Hart County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Warren County
- Clay County
- Macon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 Eighty Eight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eighty Eight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |