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 Hiram (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 Hiram. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Hiram is located in Harlan County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Hiram. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiram:
Harlan County (The home county of Hiram)
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Chad (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Chad is located in Harlan County Cumberland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cumberland is located in Harlan County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,854 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cumberland <2>
Closplint (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Closplint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint Closplint is located in Harlan County Louellen (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen Louellen is located in Harlan County Totz (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Totz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totz Totz is located in Harlan County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Totz <2>
Benham (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham Benham is located in Harlan County Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benham <2>
Lynch (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Holmes Mill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holmes Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County Dizney (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney Dizney is located in Harlan County Short Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town Short Town is located in Harlan County Bailey Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County Big Laurel (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Laurel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Beverly (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beverly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beverly is located in Bell County Stoney Fork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Clay County
Ashers Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Knott County
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Sassafras (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sassafras have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Sassafras is located in Knott County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sassafras <2>
Redfox (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox Redfox is located in Knott County Littcarr (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littcarr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Littcarr is located in Knott County Pine Top (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Pine Top is located in Knott County Carrie (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Carrie is located in Knott County Emmalena (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Emmalena is located in Knott County Fisty (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Fisty is located in Knott County Hindman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Leburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leburn Leburn is located in Knott County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leburn <2>
Garner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Garner is located in Knott County Pippa Passes (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pippa Passes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Kite (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite Kite is located in Knott County Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Yeaddiss (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yeaddiss have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Cutshin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cutshin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Cutshin is located in Leslie County Chappell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Chappell is located in Leslie County Smilax (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smilax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Smilax is located in Leslie County Helton (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Helton is located in Leslie County Mozelle (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Mozelle is located in Leslie County Wendover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover Wendover is located in Leslie County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wendover <2>
Wooton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Wooton is located in Leslie County Asher (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Asher is located in Leslie County Hoskinston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoskinston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Stinnett (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stinnett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Stinnett is located in Leslie County Hyden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Gordon (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Gordon is located in Letcher County Linefork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Linefork is located in Letcher County Partridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Partridge is located in Letcher County Flint (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flint. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Flint is located in Letcher County Hallie (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallie Hallie is located in Letcher County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallie <2>
Kings Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kings Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Roxana (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roxana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Roxana is located in Letcher County Blackey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Blackey is located in Letcher County Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Letcher (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Letcher is located in Letcher County Hot Spot (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Uz (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Uz is located in Letcher County Oven Fork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Delphia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delphia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Delphia is located in Perry County Slemp (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slemp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Slemp is located in Perry County Cornettsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Cornettsville is located in Perry County Viper (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Viper is located in Perry County Happy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Happy is located in Perry County Scuddy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scuddy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scuddy Scuddy is located in Perry County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scuddy <2>
Acup (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Acup is located in Perry County Jeff (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Jeff is located in Perry County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeff <2>
Vicco (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vicco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Vicco is located in Perry County Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Avawam (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Avawam is located in Perry County Hazard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Combs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Combs is located in Perry County Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Willis (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Kyles Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Darnell Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darnell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Keokee (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Saint Charles (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Ely (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Pennington Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Dryden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Fleenortown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jonesville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stickleyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA) Hubbard Springs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Blackwater (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Van (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Van is located in Lee County (VA) Norton City (VA)
Norton (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Norton is located in Norton City (VA) Population from the 2020 Census: 3,985 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <2>
Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Duffield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Clinchport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Lano (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano Lano is located in Scott County (VA) Fort Blackmore (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Kermit (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kermit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit Kermit is located in Scott County (VA) Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Exeter (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Osaka (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Osaka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Appalachia (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Big Stone Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Kent Junction (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kent Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA) East Stone Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Blackwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blackwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA) Esserville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville Esserville is located in Wise County (VA) Hamilton town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA) Wise (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Almira (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Pound (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiram, see our County-by-County Page for Hiram .
Cemeteries Near Hiram ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiram.
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 Hiram - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiram covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Cornett Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cornett Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cornett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Lewis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Hall Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Riddle Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riddle Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riddle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Lewis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Smith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Robbins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robbins Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robbins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Creech Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creech Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Creech Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Israel Blair Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Israel Blair Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Israel Blair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Kelly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Kelly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Cornetts Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cornetts Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cornetts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Continue List (755 more) ...
Clover Fork Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Camp Branch Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Branch Cemetery Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Camp Branch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2604162 <4>
Nolan Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nolan Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nolan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The Nolan Cemetery has also been known as:
Shell Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546559 <4>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Hiram in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiram.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
Linefork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Linefork is located in Letcher County Partridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Partridge is located in Letcher County Kings Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kings Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Evarts (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evarts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evarts Evarts is located in Harlan County Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evarts <2>
Roxana (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roxana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Roxana is located in Letcher County Indian Bottom (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County Ely (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Dryden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Olinger (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olinger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Olinger is located in Lee County (VA) Oven Fork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Cutshin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cutshin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Cutshin is located in Leslie County Viper (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Viper is located in Perry County Continue List (14 more) ...
Jeremiah (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeremiah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah Jeremiah is located in Letcher County Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeremiah <2>
Big Stone Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Whitesburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg Whitesburg is located in Letcher County Population from the 2020 Census: 1,813 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesburg <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiram. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiram .
Newspapers Published in Hiram ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiram.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiram, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<6> Extended Newspaper List for Hiram.
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 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 Hiram:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knott County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Hancock County Lee County Norton City Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hiram. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) . While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. 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 . 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 Hiram, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hiram) to Point B.