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 Grigsby (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 Grigsby. 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 and 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.
Grigsby 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 Grigsby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grigsby:
Knott County (The home county of Grigsby)
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Vest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Emmalena (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Fisty (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Tina (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Carrie (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Hindman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Garner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Leburn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Mousie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mousie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie Pippa Passes (15 miles [24.1 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
Raven (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Sassafras (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Hardshell (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Clayhole (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Rousseau (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Flintville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Lost Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Kragon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Quicksand (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Bays (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Whick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Jackson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Rock Lick (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Taulbee (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Garrett (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Hueysville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Lackey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey David (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
David is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Dema (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Eastern (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Eastern is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Wayland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Goodloe (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Goodloe is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe Langley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Langley is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Maytown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Maytown is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Blue River (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Blue River is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River Manton ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Manton is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Asa (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa Oil Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Oil Springs is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs Denver (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Denver is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver East Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Collista (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Collista is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista Nero (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Nero is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Barnetts Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnetts Creek Hagerhill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hagerhill is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill Van Lear (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Van Lear (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Van Lear is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear Paintsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Staffordsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Athol (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Lone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tallega (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Williba (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Primrose (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Vada (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Confluence (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Wooton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Smilax (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Hyden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cutshin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Thousandsticks (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Yeaddiss (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Sizerock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Wendover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hoskinston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Colson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Jeremiah (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Blackey (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Letcher (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Deane (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Hallie (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Roxana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Hot Spot (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Thornton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Uz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Bellcraft (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Gunlock (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Royalton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Sublett (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Gypsy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Marshallville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Hendricks (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Lakeville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Ivyton (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Ova (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Salyersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Netty (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Cannel City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Malone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Malone is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Dingus (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dingus is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Lerose (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Mistletoe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Ricetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Sebastian (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Ary (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Stacy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Dwarf (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Dice (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Bulan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Hardburly (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Tribbey (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Bonnyman (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Combs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Hazard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Butterfly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Acup (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Blair Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Owsley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Coal Run Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
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
Virgie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Myra (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Jonancy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Belknap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Lee City (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Bethany (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Helechawa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Lexie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Mary (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hazel Green (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Campton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grigsby, see our County-by-County Page for Grigsby .
Cemeteries Near Grigsby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grigsby.
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 Grigsby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grigsby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Whitt Howard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Bradey Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Chestnut Gap Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Compton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Grassy Gap Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Haddix Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Hard Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Dobson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Campbell Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Smith Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Williams Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Adam Terry Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (553 more) ...
Miller Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Noble Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Hays Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Grigsby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grigsby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grigsby, with the one closest to Grigsby listed first.
Vest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Stacy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Dwarf (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Ned (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Ned is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned Hindman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Rousseau (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Lost Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Lackey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Hueysville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Gapville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Swampton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Swampton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampton Quicksand (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Continue List (14 more) ...
Hazard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Gypsy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Chavies (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grigsby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grigsby .
Newspapers Published in Grigsby ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grigsby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grigsby, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Grigsby.
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 Grigsby:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Floyd County Johnson County Lee County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Pike County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grigsby. 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. 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 Grigsby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Grigsby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.