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 Island City (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 Island City. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Island City is located in Owsley 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 Owsley County : Breathitt , Clay , Jackson & Lee .
Below are the counties that are near Island City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Island City:
Owsley County (The home county of Island City)
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Travellers Rest (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Sebastian (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Vincent (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Ricetown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Pebworth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Booneville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Mistletoe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Lerose (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Jetts Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Copebranch (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Oakdale (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Chenowee (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Whick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Frozen Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Jackson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Lost Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Kragon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Quicksand (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Clayhole (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Sextons Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Teges (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Burning Springs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Laurel Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Oneida (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Fall Rock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Barcreek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Sidell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Benge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Fogertown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Manchester (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Larue (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Eriline (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Lynch Town (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Miller's Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Locust Branch (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Ravenna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Irvine (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Furnace (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Witt Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Winston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Tyner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Annville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
McKee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Dabolt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Foxtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Waneta (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Peoples (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Sandgap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Kerby Knob (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Woollum (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Crane Nest (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Girdler (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Greenmount (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Bush (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Marydell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Maplesville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville East Bernstadt (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
London (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Sublimity City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Bernstadt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Lily (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Idamay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Lone (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Beattyville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Saint Helens (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Tallega (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Athol (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Primrose (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Fincastle (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Vada (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Williba (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Zoe (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Zachariah (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Bear Branch (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Sizerock (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Confluence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Thousandsticks (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Hyden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Essie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Roark (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Stinnett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Wendover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Hoskinston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Wooton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Asher (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Duluth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Bighill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Panola (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Dreyfus (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Brassfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Bobtown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bobtown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown Speedwell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Speedwell is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Buckhorn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Saul (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Gays Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Chavies (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Krypton (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Busy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Yerkes (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Butterfly (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Avawam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Bonnyman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Dice (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Stacy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Barker Branch (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Knowlton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Slade (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Cat Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Livingston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mullins (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Climax (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Orlando (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Disputanta (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Wildie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Renfro Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Mary (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Bethany (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Rogers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pine Ridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Campton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Island City, see our County-by-County Page for Island City .
Cemeteries Near Island City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island City.
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 Island City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Island City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Morris Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cavins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Holcomb Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Nelly Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Clark Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Clark Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Middleton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Russell Moore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
William Dougie Burch Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Valentine Brewer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Reynolds Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (569 more) ...
Pennington Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Genty Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Boggs Flat Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Island City had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Island City, with the one closest to Island City listed first.
Sturgeon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sturgeon is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Sextons Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Conkling (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Conkling is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Travellers Rest (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Maulden (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Maulden is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maulden Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Tyner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Teges (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Sebastian (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Burning Springs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Laurel Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Ammie (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ammie is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammie Continue List (18 more) ...
Eversole (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Eversole is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole Welchburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Welchburg is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welchburg Gray Hawk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Island City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Island City .
Newspapers Published in Island City ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island City, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Island City.
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 Island City:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Owsley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Jackson County Knox County Laurel County Lee County Leslie County Madison County Perry County Powell County Rockcastle County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Island City. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Island City) 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 Island City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.