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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 Harris (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 Harris. 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.
Harris is located in Estill 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 Estill County: Clark, Jackson, Lee, Madison & Powell.
Below are the counties that are near Harris. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris:
- Estill County (The home county of Harris)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Lynch Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
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- Ravenna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wagersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Irvine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Witt Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Witt Springs is located in Estill County
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- Locust Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
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- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winston is located in Estill County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Suddith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Little Slate Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peeled Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Breathitt County
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- Copebranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Chenowee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
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- Jetts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Vancleve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taulbee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Rock Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Log Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Kiddville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Sextons Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
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- Teges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Oneida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Clay County
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- Barcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barcreek is located in Clay County
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- Burning Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
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- Laurel Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Laurel Creek is located in Clay County
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- Fall Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Foxtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foxtown is located in Jackson County
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- Gray Hawk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County
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- McKee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waneta is located in Jackson County
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- Tyner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
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- Sandgap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandgap is located in Jackson County
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- Kerby Knob
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County
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- Annville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dabolt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dabolt is located in Jackson County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Fincastle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Zachariah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beattyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tallega
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Lone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Idamay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Confluence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Sizerock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Panola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Madison County
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- Brassfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brassfield is located in Madison County
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- Bybee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bybee is located in Madison County
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- College Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
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- Elliston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elliston is located in Madison County
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- Waco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dreyfus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dreyfus is located in Madison County
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- Duluth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Duluth is located in Madison County
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- Speedwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Madison County
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- Moberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moberly is located in Madison County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Netty
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Denniston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Mariba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Means
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Levee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Spencer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Maytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Cannel City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Pebworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lerose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Vincent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Southfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
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- Travellers Rest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
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- Ricetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
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- Sebastian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
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- Island City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
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- Mistletoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Buckhorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gays Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
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- Chavies
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
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- Saul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saul is located in Perry County
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- Krypton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
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- Stacy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Barker Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
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- South Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
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- Slade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cat Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
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- Knowlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
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- Pecks Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
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- Rosslyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
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- Hatton Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
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- Upper Cane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
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- North Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- Stanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughns Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County
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- Morris Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
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- Rowan County
- Mount Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Mary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Campton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Lexie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Valeria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Lee City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Belknap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris, see our County-by-County Page for Harris.
Cemeteries Near Harris ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris.
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 Harris - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Butler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hieronymus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whisman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arnold and Hobbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thacker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cable Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banks - Taulbee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (625 more) ...
- Taulbee & Burton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Creech Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- The Evans Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evans Crossing Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73873 <2>
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 Harris in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harris.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Fincastle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Saint Helens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Monica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monica is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
- Zachariah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah
- Beattyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega
- Athol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Campton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Patsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patsey is located in Estill County
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- Copebranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Slade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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- Jetts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Chenowee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee
- Stillwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris.
Newspapers Published in Harris ...
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 Harris.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harris.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Harris:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Estill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Breathitt County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Madison County
- Magoffin County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Powell County
- Rowan County
- Wolfe 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Harris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harris) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |