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 Farler (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 Farler. 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 hospitals and 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.
Farler is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher & Owsley.
Below are the counties that are near Farler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farler:
- Perry County (The home county of Farler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Viper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Acup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Happy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Scuddy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avawam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Combs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Combs is located in Perry County
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- Vicco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Bonnyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Beverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
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- Stoney Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Whick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Hardshell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rousseau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Jetts Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Big Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
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- Eriline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eriline is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline
- Ashers Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork
- Barcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barcreek is located in Clay County
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- Oneida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Clay County
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- Brightshade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brightshade is located in Clay County
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- Teges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Goose Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goose Rock is located in Clay County
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- Garrard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Dema
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Wheelwright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- Lackey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Wayland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Wheelwright Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hi Hat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hueysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Weeksbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Big Laurel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Totz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Chad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Cumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louellen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Putney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Closplint
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Benham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
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- Bailey Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Darkmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Rosspoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fisty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena
- Redfox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Carrie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Hindman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Leburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Vest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Cutshin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Smilax
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
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- Yeaddiss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Wooton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Hyden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wendover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Stinnett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Confluence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Chappell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Thousandsticks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Asher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
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- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Hallie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blackey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Letcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Roxana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Flint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Linefork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Isom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Uz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz
- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Mistletoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Sebastian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Ricetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Saint Charles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Darnell Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Pennington Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Ely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Hubbard Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Dryden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Osaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Exeter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Appalachia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farler, see our County-by-County Page for Farler.
Cemeteries Near Farler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farler.
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 Farler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Caudill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Days Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Witaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Raccoon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Creech Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lewis / Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Skeens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clover Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Farler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farler, with the one closest to Farler listed first.
- Viper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Cutshin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Hazard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hyden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Indian Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Dwarf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
- Roxana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Confluence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Jeremiah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Linefork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kings Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Chavies
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Helton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farler.
Newspapers Published in Farler ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farler, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farler.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Farler:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Breathitt County
- Clay County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Owsley County
- Lee County
- Wise 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 Farler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Farler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |