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 Isom (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 Isom. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Isom is located in Letcher 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 Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Isom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Isom:
- Letcher County (The home county of Isom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Jeremiah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Uz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Letcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Bellcraft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
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- West Whitesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
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- Blackey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Roxana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Thornton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thornton is located in Letcher County
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- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Hardshell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Whick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Wheelwright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
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- Weeksbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Hi Hat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lackey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Beaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
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- Garrett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- McDowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Benham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lynch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Chad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Totz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
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- Louellen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
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- Holmes Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
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- Big Laurel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
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- Short Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
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- Bailey Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
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- Darkmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Redfox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pippa Passes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Kite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kite is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Leburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hindman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carrie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Smilax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Wooton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Wendover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hyden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chappell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Confluence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Asher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Thousandsticks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Gunlock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Gapville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Vicco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Cornettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Happy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Scuddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Acup
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Viper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Hardburly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Tribbey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
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- Delphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Myra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Dorton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jonancy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Virgie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Hellier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Robinson Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
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- Lookout
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
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- Ashcamp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
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- Rockhouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
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- Fords Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
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- Mayo Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
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- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Darwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Clintwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Clinchco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tarpon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Herald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Darnell Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Saint Charles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dryden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Ely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County (VA)
- Lano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Almira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Haddonfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Osaka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Appalachia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kent Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Exeter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Blackwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Esserville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Wise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Isom, see our County-by-County Page for Isom.
Cemeteries Near Isom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isom.
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 Isom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Isom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Stephen R. Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Horse Mill Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gibson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Christon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (592 more) ...
- Cody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Combs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Isom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Isom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Isom, with the one closest to Isom listed first.
- Jeremiah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smoot Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Indian Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Roxana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Pine Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sergent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Craftsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Deane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Millstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oven Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hall is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Linefork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Isom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Isom.
Newspapers Published in Isom ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Isom, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Isom.
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 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 Isom:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breathitt County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Scott County
- Wise 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Isom) 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 Isom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |