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 Honeybee (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 Honeybee. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Honeybee 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 Honeybee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Honeybee:
- McCreary County (The home county of Honeybee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Wiborg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Marshes Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Whitley City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stearns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Revelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Smith Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Pine Knot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Strunk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frakes is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- North Corbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Gray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Barbourville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heidrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick
- Cannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Artemus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Crane Nest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest
- Girdler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Bimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hinkle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
- Trosper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trosper is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Keavy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Dorthae
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lily
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Bernstadt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
- Sublimity City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- East Bernstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maplesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Mount Victory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Northfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Tateville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Dykes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Whetstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bronston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Acorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ferguson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Grundy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Rockcastle County
- Hansford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Ritner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Frazer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Parmleysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mill Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Monticello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rankin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Sumpter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Mount Pisgah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockholds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Emlyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Woodbine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Corbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Pleasant View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Verne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Louden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Louden is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Nevisdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Red Ash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Jellico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Morley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Habersham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Claiborne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Clairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Hamlin Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Isham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Foster Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Verdun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Helenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Honeybee, see our County-by-County Page for Honeybee.
Cemeteries Near Honeybee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Honeybee.
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 Honeybee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Honeybee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Marlar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hickenbottom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ridener Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barren Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (658 more) ...
- Canada Town Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hollaway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Honeybee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Honeybee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Honeybee, with the one closest to Honeybee listed first.
- Youngs Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Baldrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baldrock is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldrock
- Sloans Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vox is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vox
- Ritner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Rockholds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Tateville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Dykes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Woodbine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Corbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Isham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Honeybee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Honeybee.
Newspapers Published in Honeybee ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Honeybee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Honeybee, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Honeybee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Honeybee:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Pulaski County
- Rockcastle County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne 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 Honeybee, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Honeybee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |