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 Insull (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 Insull. 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.
Insull is located in Harlan 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 Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Insull. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Insull:
Harlan County (The home county of Insull)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Pathfork (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Pathfork is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork Coldiron (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Twila (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Twila is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila South Wallins (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
South Wallins is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins Wallins Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Tacky Town (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Mary Alice (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Loyall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Loyall is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
Baxter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Harlan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bledsoe (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bledsoe is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Bobs Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Coxton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Callaway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Stoney Fork (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Miracle (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Varilla (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Calvin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Jenson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Arjay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Straight Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Dorton Branch (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch Beverly (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Ashers Fork (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Goose Rock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Big Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Garrard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Eriline (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Hima (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Manchester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Dewitt (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Scalf (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Flat Lick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Trosper (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Warren (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Wheeler (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Hinkle (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Artemus (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Bimble (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Cannon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Girdler (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Barbourville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Warbranch (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Helton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Mozelle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Roark (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Chappell (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Asher (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Essie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Hoskinston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Yeaddiss (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Wendover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Cutshin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Bear Branch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Letcher County
Gordon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Delphia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Siler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Siler is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Louden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Cumberland Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Harrogate (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Minton Mill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Tazewell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Caney Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley New Tazewell (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Springdale (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Head of Barren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Evans Ferry (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Raven Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Pruden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Goin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Goin is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Grainger County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Thorn Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Beans (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Beans is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Alanthus Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Xenophon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Sneedville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Duck Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Yount Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Kyles Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Willis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Hawkins County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Eidson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Mooresburg Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Union County (TN)
Haynes ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Haynes is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Ewing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Rose Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Wheeler (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Hubbard Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Fleenortown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Jonesville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Van (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Saint Charles (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Blackwater (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Pennington Gap (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Ely (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Dryden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Insull, see our County-by-County Page for Insull .
Cemeteries Near Insull ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Insull.
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 Insull - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Insull covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Saylor Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jackson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hall Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Tackett Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Balkan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Miracle Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Wilson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jesse Brock Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Coldiron Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
A.D. Johnson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for A.D. Johnson Cemetery The A.D. Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
Andrew Johnson Cemetery Stoney Fork Hollow Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540097 <2>
Taylors Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylors Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Callaway . Hensley Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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Gross Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Kettle Island Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Buell Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Insull in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Insull.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Insull, with the one closest to Insull listed first.
Cubage (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cubage is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage Callaway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Creech (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Wallins Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Ewing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Rose Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Boons Path (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Wheeler (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Harlan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Baxter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hagan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Pineville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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Wasioto (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Wasioto is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto Alanthus Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Helton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Insull. See our List of 1890's Communities around Insull .
Newspapers Published in Insull ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Insull.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Insull, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Insull.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Insull:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knox County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Whitley County Claiborne County Grainger County Hancock County Hawkins County Union County Lee County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Insull. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Insull) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Insull, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.