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 Evanston (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 Evanston. 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.
Evanston is located in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County: Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Evanston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evanston:
- Breathitt County (The home county of Evanston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Rousseau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Bays
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
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- Hardshell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Rock Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- David
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- David is located in Floyd County
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- Hueysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goodloe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
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- Garrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- Blue River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Floyd County
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- Eastern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eastern is located in Floyd County
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- Lackey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Langley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
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- Manton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Manton is located in Floyd County
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- Maytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Floyd County
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- Warco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Warco is located in Floyd County
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- Dema
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Wayland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Asa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
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- Oil Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- East Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Collista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
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- Barnetts Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County
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- Hagerhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
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- Nero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
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- Van Lear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Van Lear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
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- Paintsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Staffordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meally
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Vest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mousie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Fisty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Raven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Knott County
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- Pippa Passes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Kite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kite is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Confluence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Wooton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Colson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
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- Isom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Deane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blackey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Letcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Hemphill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
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- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Thornton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Farraday
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
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- Neon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellcraft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
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- Cromona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Gunlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Gapville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Marshallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
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- Royalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
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- Sublett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Gypsy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
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- Ivyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ivyton is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Falcon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Falcon is located in Magoffin County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Cannel City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Dingus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Ophir
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Ary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Dwarf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Hardburly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Tribbey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Bonnyman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
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- Butterfly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
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- Combs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Combs is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Chavies
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Blair Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blair Town is located in Pike County
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- Owsley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Owsley is located in Pike County
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- Coal Run Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Gulnare
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
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- Mayo Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
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- Pikeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Virgie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Fords Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Jonancy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Myra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Dorton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Belknap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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- Lee City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Lexie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evanston, see our County-by-County Page for Evanston.
Cemeteries Near Evanston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evanston.
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 Evanston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evanston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- John Joy Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Betts Mann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Mann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bailey Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the south of Salyersville.
- Whitt Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- John Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bailey Cemetery is located 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Salyersville.
- John B Shepard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dan Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Compton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (589 more) ...
- Jim Buck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albert Shepherd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Raleigh Shepherd Sr. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Evanston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evanston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evanston, with the one closest to Evanston listed first.
- Gapville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Swampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Swampton is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampton
- Gypsy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Vest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hueysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goodloe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe
- Dotson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dotson is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Ivyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ivyton is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton
- Rousseau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
- Hendricks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Lackey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
- Stacy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Langley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Bonanza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Hindman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evanston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evanston.
Newspapers Published in Evanston ...
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 Evanston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evanston, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evanston.
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 Evanston:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breathitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Wolfe 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> | 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- Evanston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Evanston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |