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 Kenvir (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 Kenvir. 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.
Kenvir 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 Kenvir. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kenvir:
Harlan County (The home county of Kenvir)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Redbud (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Redbud is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Short Town (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Short Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town Darkmont (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Darkmont is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont Dizney (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Dizney is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney Bailey Creek (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek Draper (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Draper is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Evarts (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Verda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Verda is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda Ages (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Ages is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages Closplint (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Closplint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint Louellen (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Louellen is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen Putney (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bobs Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Stoney Fork (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Beverly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Callaway (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Varilla (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Jenson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Arjay (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Calvin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Straight Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Dorton Branch (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Ashers Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Knott County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Sassafras (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Redfox (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Redfox is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox Littcarr (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Scalf (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Helton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Yeaddiss (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Chappell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Mozelle (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Cutshin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Warbranch (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Asher (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Smilax (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Hoskinston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Essie (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Wendover (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Roark (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Gordon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Partridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Flint (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hallie (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Roxana (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Blackey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Hot Spot (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Letcher (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Oven Fork (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork Uz (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Eolia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Eolia is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolia Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Delphia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Viper (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Happy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jeff (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Scuddy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Acup (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Vicco (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Avawam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Hazard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Combs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Bonnyman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Kyles Ford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Willis (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Sneedville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Alanthus Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Trent Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Duck Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Xenophon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Yount Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County (TN)
Eidson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Saint Charles (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Hubbard Springs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Pennington Gap (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Fleenortown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Ely (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Jonesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Dryden (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Keokee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee Rawhide (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide Darnell Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Blackwater (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Van (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Rose Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Norton City (VA)
Norton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Duffield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Clinchport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Kermit (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Kermit is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit Lano (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Exeter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Osaka (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka Appalachia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Big Stone Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap Kent Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction Blackwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Esserville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Esserville is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kenvir, see our County-by-County Page for Kenvir .
Cemeteries Near Kenvir ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kenvir.
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 Kenvir - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kenvir covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Middleton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Cemetery The Middleton Cemetery has also been known as:
George Middleton Cemetery Pounding Mill Cemetery Tomlinson Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2541074 <2>
Burkhart Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Rainbow Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Kelly Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Kelly Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Evarts Memorial Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Middleton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Turner Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Robbins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Gabes Branch Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Field Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Cawood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (769 more) ...
Slack Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Baker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wash Smith Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Kenvir in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kenvir.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kenvir, with the one closest to Kenvir listed first.
Evarts (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hubbard Springs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Baxter (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Harlan (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Ely (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Jonesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hagan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Dryden (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Creech (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Helton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Wallins Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Boons Path (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Continue List (13 more) ...
Van (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Blackwater (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Olinger (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Olinger is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kenvir. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kenvir .
Newspapers Published in Kenvir ...
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 Kenvir.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kenvir, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Kenvir.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Kenvir:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knott County Knox County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Norton City Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kenvir. 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 . 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 Kenvir, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kenvir) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.