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 Garner (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 Garner. 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 doctors 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.
Garner is located in Knott 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 Knott County : Breathitt , Floyd , Letcher , Magoffin , Perry & Pike .
Below are the counties that are near Garner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garner:
Knott County (The home county of Garner)
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Leburn (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pippa Passes (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Hindman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mousie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mousie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie Vest (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Tina (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Pine Top (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Carrie (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Kite (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Kite is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite Raven (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Littcarr (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Emmalena (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Fisty (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Hardshell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Clayhole (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Rousseau (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Lost Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Whick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Kragon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Bays (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Quicksand (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Jackson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Taulbee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Wolverine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Dema (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Garrett (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Lackey (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Wayland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Bypro (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Hueysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hi Hat (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wheelwright Junction (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wheelwright (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wheelwright is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
Melvin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Melvin is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Drift (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Drift is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift Eastern (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Eastern is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern McDowell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Cumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Benham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Chad (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Chad is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Lynch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Totz (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Big Laurel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
East Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Asa (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa Nero (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Nero is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Collista (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Collista is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista Denver (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Denver is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Van Lear (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hagerhill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill West Van Lear (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Smilax (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Wooton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Cutshin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Yeaddiss (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Confluence (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Hyden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wendover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Colson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Deane (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Jeremiah (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Letcher (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Blackey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Farraday (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Farraday is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farraday Hemphill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hemphill is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill Hemphill has also been known as:
Jackhorn Thornton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Bellcraft (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Hot Spot (16 miles [25.7 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 Fleming - Neon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
Millstone (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Millstone is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Gunlock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Gypsy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Marshallville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Royalton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Sublett (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Ivyton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Lakeville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Hendricks (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Salyersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Ova (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Painters Lick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painters Lick Falcon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Falcon is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Dwarf (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Hardburly (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Vicco (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Ary (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Tribbey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Acup (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Scuddy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Bulan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Happy (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jeff (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Stacy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Combs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Dice (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Myra (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Dorton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Jonancy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Virgie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Owsley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Robinson Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Robinson Creek is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek Mayo Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Mayo Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village Yeager (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Yeager is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager Blair Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Coal Run Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Coal Run Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
Fords Branch (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Fords Branch is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch Pikeville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Shelbiana (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Shelbiana is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbiana Dickenson County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Clintwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Darwin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Almira (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira Haddonfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield Pound (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Osaka (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garner, see our County-by-County Page for Garner .
Cemeteries Near Garner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garner.
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 Garner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Estill Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Click Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Reynolds Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bald Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bolen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hicks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
William Hicks Cemetery Carr Fork Memorial Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gibson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bolen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Wicker - Triplett Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Madden Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hall Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Continue List (549 more) ...
Dave Gibson Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bradley Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Collins Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Garner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garner, with the one closest to Garner listed first.
Hindman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Vest (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pine Top (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Raven (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hall is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Lackey (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Hueysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Sassafras (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Deane (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Dwarf (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf McDowell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Minnie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Minnie is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Continue List (15 more) ...
Jeremiah (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Smoot Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek Langley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Langley is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garner .
Newspapers Published in Garner ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garner, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Garner.
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 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 Garner:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Floyd County Harlan County Johnson County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Perry County Pike County Dickenson County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Garner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.