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 Fidelity (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 Fidelity. 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.
Fidelity is located in McCreary 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 McCreary County: Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Fidelity. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fidelity:
- McCreary County (The home county of Fidelity)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Smith Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Revelo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitley City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Strunk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Wiborg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Alpha
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Savage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Static
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Static is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Cumberland City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Bronston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Vinnie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Ferguson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Mount Victory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Dykes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Nancy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Somerset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Faubush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Ritner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Parmleysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slickford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Shearer Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Frazer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Mill Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Murl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Rankin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Parnell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Ayers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Emlyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Ash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Rockholds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Packard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Verne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Stanfill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Jellico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Gernt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Pall Mall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Armathwaite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Allardt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Little Crab
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Morgan County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Mill Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Sunbright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glades
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glades is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Pickett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chanute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Static
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Static is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Byrdstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Isham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- West Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Oneida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Helenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Robbins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Robbins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Winona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winona is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fidelity, see our County-by-County Page for Fidelity.
Cemeteries Near Fidelity ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fidelity.
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 Fidelity - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fidelity covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Winchester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kidd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nancy Grave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shearer - Dobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (685 more) ...
- Stevens Foster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coffey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Fidelity in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fidelity.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fidelity, with the one closest to Fidelity listed first.
- Parmleysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Ritner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Coopersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coopersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Isham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Oneida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Sumpter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doctors is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Helenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kidder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bowl ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bowl is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fidelity. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fidelity.
Newspapers Published in Fidelity ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fidelity.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fidelity, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fidelity.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Fidelity:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Pickett County
- Scott 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 Fidelity, 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' (or 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- Fidelity) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |