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 Gapcreek (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 Gapcreek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Gapcreek is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Clinton, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Pickett (TN) & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Gapcreek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gapcreek:
- Wayne County (The home county of Gapcreek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Shearer Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Murl
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Slickford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Sumpter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Parnell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Parmleysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Rankin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mill Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Ritner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Frazer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Cundiff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cundiff is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cundiff
- Crocus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crocus is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocus
- Inroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inroad is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inroad
- Montpelier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montpelier is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Glens Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glens Fork is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens Fork
- Chance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chance is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Gentrys Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gentrys Mill is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
- Sano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sano is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
- Fairplay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Joppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Craycraft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Craycraft is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craycraft
- Gadberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gadberry is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadberry
- Ozark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ozark is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Honey Acre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Honey Acre is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Acre
- Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Teddy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Teddy is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Alpha
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Savage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Cumberland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Albany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Static
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Browns Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Bakerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bakerton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerton
- Burkesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dougan Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town
- Grider
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grider is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grider
- Leslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leslie is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Waterview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Waterview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
- Cloyds Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cloyds Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyds Landing
- Marrowbone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Smith Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Marshes Siding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Stearns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wiborg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Revelo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Whitley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Meshack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meshack is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshack
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Vinnie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Faubush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush
- Bronston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nancy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tateville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Sloans Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Long Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Esto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Russell Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Clay County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Thompsons Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cave Springs is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Free Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Free Hill is located in Clay County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Pall Mall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Little Crab
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cooper
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Allardt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Gernt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Armathwaite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Overton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Taylors Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Crossroads is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Crossroads
- Free Communion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Oakley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Oak Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poteet is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Garretts Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Grey ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grey is located in Overton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey
- Livingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Static
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Chanute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Byrdstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Verdun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gapcreek, see our County-by-County Page for Gapcreek.
Cemeteries Near Gapcreek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gapcreek.
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 Gapcreek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gapcreek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Perdue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kelsay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Covey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hicks - Harmon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Guffey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Denney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buncom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clark - Coop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (639 more) ...
- Rains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Denver - Hoover - Tuggle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Denney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gapcreek had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gapcreek, with the one closest to Gapcreek listed first.
- Alpha
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Powersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powersburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersburg
- Savage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Shearer Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Cartwright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cartwright is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Cumberland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Cabell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cabell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabell
- Sunnybrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunnybrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Albany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Parnell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Seventy Six
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Seventy Six is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventy Six
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Chanute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gapcreek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gapcreek.
Newspapers Published in Gapcreek ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gapcreek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gapcreek, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gapcreek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Gapcreek:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Casey County
- Clinton County
- Cumberland County
- McCreary County
- Monroe County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Clay County
- Fentress County
- Overton 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> | 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 Gapcreek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Gapcreek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |