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 Hollyhill (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 Hollyhill. 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.
Hollyhill 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 Hollyhill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollyhill:
- McCreary County (The home county of Hollyhill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Strunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Revelo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Whitley City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stearns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marshes Siding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Smith Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Wiborg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Pearl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Frakes is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Pruden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Fonde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fonde is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde
- Capito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Capito is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito
- Ingram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ingram is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Edgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edgewood is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Bryants Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- North Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Gray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Wheeler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Barbourville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trosper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trosper is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
- Artemus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Heidrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Keavy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Dorthae
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lily
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Alpine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Mount Victory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Northfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Tateville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Burnside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bronston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dykes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Whetstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Ritner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Parmleysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Frazer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Sumpter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Ayers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Emlyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Verne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Nevisdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Packard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Rockholds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Jellico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Stanfill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Morley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Habersham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- White Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- LaFollette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
- Jacksboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silica
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silica is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Fincastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Caryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stockville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockville is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville
- Victory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Victory is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Claiborne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Clairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Hamlin Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Pruden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Speedwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fentress County (TN)
- Gernt
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Isham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Verdun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Straight Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Helenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- New River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Union County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Braden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Braden is located in Union County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollyhill, see our County-by-County Page for Hollyhill.
Cemeteries Near Hollyhill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollyhill.
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 Hollyhill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollyhill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Pine Knot.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Bethel Church Cemetery
- Marsh Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976467 <3>
- Lower Cal Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hayes Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laurel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Angel / Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilreath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Musgrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (758 more) ...
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Angel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hollyhill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollyhill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollyhill, with the one closest to Hollyhill listed first.
- Isham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newcomb is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Red Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Pleasant View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Jellico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doctors is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Elk Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Lot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Bowl ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bowl is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Youngs Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollyhill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollyhill.
Newspapers Published in Hollyhill ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollyhill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollyhill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollyhill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hollyhill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Pulaski County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Fentress County
- Scott County
- Union 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hollyhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hollyhill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |