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 Gausdale (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 Gausdale. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Gausdale is located in Whitley 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 Whitley County : Bell , Knox , Laurel , McCreary , Campbell (TN) & Claiborne (TN) .
Below are the counties that are near Gausdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gausdale:
Whitley County (The home county of Gausdale)
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Louden (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Louden is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Siler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Siler is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Verne (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Verne is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Nevisdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nevisdale is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Packard (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Packard is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Rockholds (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Pleasant View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Emlyn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Emlyn is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Williamsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Woodbine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodbine is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Saxton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Fairview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Liberty (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Liberty is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Frakes (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Frakes is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes Pearl (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pearl is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Ingram (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Pruden (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pruden is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Capito (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Capito is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito Fonde (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Fonde is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde Fourmile (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Edgewood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Pineville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Yellow Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Dorton Branch (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch Premier (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Premier is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Stony Fork Junction (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Brightshade (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Ashers Fork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Goose Rock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Hima (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Urban (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Garrard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Manchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Larue (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Pathfork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Pathfork is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork Tacky Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Coldiron (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Bryants Store (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Wheeler (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Trosper (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Artemus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Barbourville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Bimble (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Gray (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Cannon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Flat Lick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Hinkle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Girdler (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Dorthae (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Hopewell (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Lily (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Keavy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Bush (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Marydell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Sublimity City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City London (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Maplesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Pittsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg East Bernstadt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bernstadt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt McCreary County
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Pine Knot (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding Revelo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Revelo is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo Strunk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Strunk is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk Whitley City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Stearns (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wiborg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wiborg is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg Greenwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Greenwood is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Smith Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Smith Town is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town Barthell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Barthell is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell Pulaski County
Mount Victory (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Campbell County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Morley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Morley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley Jellico (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
White Oak (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Habersham (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham Stockville ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Stockville was located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville Fincastle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Fincastle is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
Flat Hollow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow Elk Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
Victory (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Victory is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Stanfill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill LaFollette (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
LaFollette is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
LaFollette has also been known as:
Big Creek Gap Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
Boy ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Boy was located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Girlton ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Girlton was located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Pruden (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Hamlin Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town Clairfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Cumberland Gap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Speedwell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Harrogate (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Shawanee (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Goin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Goin is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Big Barren (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Big Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren Head of Barren (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Sandlick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Sandlick is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick New Tazewell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Scott County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Isham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Isham is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham State Line (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
State Line is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Winfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Union County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Braden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Braden is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
Phebe ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Phebe was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Long Hollow ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Long Hollow was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Rhodelia ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Rhodelia was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Loo ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Loo was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Lost Creek ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lost Creek was located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Lee County (VA)
Wheeler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gausdale, see our County-by-County Page for Gausdale .
Cemeteries Near Gausdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gausdale.
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 Gausdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gausdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Wells Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Owens Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Sears Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Floyd Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mays Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Sharp Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Evans Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hubb Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Croley Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Brown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ketchen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (694 more) ...
Killian Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bryant Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mackey Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Gausdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gausdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gausdale, with the one closest to Gausdale listed first.
Carpenter (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Carpenter is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Bryants Store (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Ingram (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Artemus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Barbourville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rockholds (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Pleasant View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Emanuel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Emanuel is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Williamsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Saxton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Woodbine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodbine is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Red Ash (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Continue List (16 more) ...
Lot (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lot is also located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Flat Lick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Gray (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gausdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gausdale .
Newspapers Published in Gausdale ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gausdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gausdale, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Gausdale.
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 helpful 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 Gausdale:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Whitley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Harlan County Knox County Laurel County McCreary County Pulaski County Campbell County Claiborne County Scott County Union County Lee County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gausdale. 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. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gausdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Gausdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.