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 Griffin (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 Griffin. 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 hospitals and 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.
Griffin 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 Griffin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Griffin:
- Wayne County (The home county of Griffin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Parmleysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Ritner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Slickford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Monticello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shearer Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Murl
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Rankin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mill Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Parnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Frazer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Casey County
- Windsor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Alpha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Savage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Cumberland City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Static
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Static is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Browns Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Blue Heron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Heron is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
- Barthell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barthell is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell
- Smith Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Marshes Siding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Stearns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Revelo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Whitley City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wiborg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Pine Knot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Strunk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Bronston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burnside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vinnie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Northfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Faubush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush
- Nancy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ferguson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dykes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Mount Victory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Long Bottom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Esto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Ayers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Stanfill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Pall Mall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Armathwaite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allardt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Grove
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Morgan County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Pickett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Chanute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Static
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Static is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Byrdstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Isham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Verdun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Oneida
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Helenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Robbins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Robbins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Griffin, see our County-by-County Page for Griffin.
Cemeteries Near Griffin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Griffin.
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 Griffin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Griffin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Steele Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Denny Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ryan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Criswell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Burnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (681 more) ...
- Carl Kidd Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rigney - Gregory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Griffin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Griffin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Parmleysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Coopersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coopersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Mount Pisgah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Ritner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Gregory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Monticello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shearer Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Steubenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Steubenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steubenville
- Powersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Powersburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersburg
- Sunnybrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnybrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Rankin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kidder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Eadsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eadsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Gapcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gapcreek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Griffin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Griffin.
Newspapers Published in Griffin ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Griffin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Griffin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Griffin.
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 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 Griffin:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Casey County
- Clinton County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Russell 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> | 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 Griffin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Griffin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |