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 Hippo (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 Hippo. 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 and hospitals 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.
Hippo is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Breathitt, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Hippo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hippo:
- Floyd County (The home county of Hippo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Hueysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastern is located in Floyd County
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- Langley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
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- Manton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manton is located in Floyd County
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- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Floyd County
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- David
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- David is located in Floyd County
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- Goodloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
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- Garrett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- Lackey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Warco
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Warco is located in Floyd County
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- Blue River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue River is located in Floyd County
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- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Rousseau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Hardshell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Bays
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Rock Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- East Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Asa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
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- Nero
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
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- Collista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
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- Hagerhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
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- Van Lear
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Van Lear
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
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- Meally
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
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- Oil Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- Paintsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Butcher Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Mousie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
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- Raven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Vest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pippa Passes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Hindman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Kite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kite is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Patrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
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- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ulysses is located in Lawrence County
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- Richardson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson is located in Lawrence County
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- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Deane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Colson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
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- Isom
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Hemphill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- McRoberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
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- Cromona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
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- Fleming - Neon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jeremiah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Neon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Letcher County
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- Tolliver Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
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- Farraday
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Gunlock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Gapville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
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- Gypsy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
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- Marshallville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Royalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
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- Ivyton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ivyton is located in Magoffin County
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- Sublett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Painters Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in Magoffin County
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- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Debord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
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- Inez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Ophir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Morgan County
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- Cannel City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Dingus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Ary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dwarf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
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- Stacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Hardburly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Tribbey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Acup
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Vicco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Happy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Scuddy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnyman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Blair Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blair Town is located in Pike County
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- Owsley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Owsley is located in Pike County
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- Coal Run Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Gulnare
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
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- Mayo Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
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- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fords Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Virgie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Shelbiana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shelbiana is located in Pike County
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- Jonancy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Belknap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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- Lee City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Helechawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Haddonfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Almira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hippo, see our County-by-County Page for Hippo.
Cemeteries Near Hippo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hippo.
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 Hippo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hippo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fitzpatrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Prater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Atkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jim Buck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ratliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frazer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Willburn Shepherd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jimmie Shepherd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Raleigh Shepherd Sr. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Hippo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hippo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hippo, with the one closest to Hippo listed first.
- Hueysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
- Langley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Goodloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe
- Alphoretta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alphoretta is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphoretta
- Minnie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Minnie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
- Dotson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dotson is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- McDowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gapville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Raven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Dwale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dwale is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale
- Gypsy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bonanza
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Swampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swampton is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampton
- Vest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hippo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hippo.
Newspapers Published in Hippo ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hippo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hippo, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hippo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hippo:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breathitt County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lawrence County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Martin County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Wolfe County
- Wise 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 Hippo, 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 from Point A (ie- Hippo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |