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 Hill Top (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 Hill Top. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hill Top is located in McCreary 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 McCreary County: Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Hill Top. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hill Top:
- McCreary County (The home county of Hill Top)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Smith Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Whitley City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Stearns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Revelo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Wiborg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Pine Knot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Alpha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Savage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Cumberland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Knox County
- North Corbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Keavy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Dorthae
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Bronston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burnside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Mount Victory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Dykes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Ferguson
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Whetstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Nancy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Ritner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Parmleysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Frazer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Rankin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Shearer Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Slickford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Parnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Murl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Ayers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Emlyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Pleasant View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Ash
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rockholds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Lot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Verne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Packard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Nevisdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Elk Valley
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Stanfill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Jellico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Habersham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Morley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Gernt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Pall Mall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Allardt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County (TN)
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Pickett County (TN)
- Chanute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Isham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Verdun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Helenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New River
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Winona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Robbins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hill Top, see our County-by-County Page for Hill Top.
Cemeteries Near Hill Top ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hill Top.
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 Hill Top - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hill Top covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Chitwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hickman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nancy Grave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCreary County Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hollaway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holloway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (649 more) ...
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Hill Top in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hill Top.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Ritner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Isham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Gregory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Coopersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coopersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Parmleysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sloans Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Kidder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Tateville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doctors is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sumpter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Burnside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bronston
(18 miles [29 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 Hill Top. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hill Top.
Newspapers Published in Hill Top ...
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 Hill Top.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hill Top, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hill Top.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hill Top:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Hill Top, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hill Top) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |