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 Leatherwood (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 Leatherwood. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Leatherwood is located in Menifee 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 Menifee County: Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Leatherwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leatherwood:
- Menifee County (The home county of Leatherwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Korea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Means
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Suddith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Olympia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Peasticks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Little Slate Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peeled Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Rock Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Vancleve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Bays
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Jacobs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
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- Soldier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Smoky Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Wesleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
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- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Kiddville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Log Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- The Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Ault
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newfoundland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Bruin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Estill County
- Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Farmville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Grange City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Plummers Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Ryan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Sherburne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Fleming County
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- Tilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton is located in Fleming County
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- Wallingford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Keaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Redbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Mazie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
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- Skaggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Zachariah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Lewis County
- Emerson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Cisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Logville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
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- Netty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Maggard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maggard is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Flat Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County
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- Lacey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelersburg is located in Magoffin County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Jeffersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spencer Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Levee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Judy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Reid Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Prewitt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Grassy Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Ebon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Wrigley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Malone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Cannel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Crockett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Nicholas County
- Moorefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Upper Cane
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
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- Slade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosslyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
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- Cat Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
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- Morris Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
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- North Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- South Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
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- Barker Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
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- Old Clay City Road
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
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- Paint Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
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- Pecks Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
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- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Clearfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Brady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Minor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Elliottville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Haldeman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Valeria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Pine Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Campton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Helechawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Lexie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lee City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Belknap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leatherwood, see our County-by-County Page for Leatherwood.
Cemeteries Near Leatherwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leatherwood.
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 Leatherwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leatherwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Ginter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peyton - Igo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Roll Alfrey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Station Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stacy - Peyton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery Four
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingram Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bashford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cecil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (807 more) ...
- Baldridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ramey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Leatherwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leatherwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leatherwood, with the one closest to Leatherwood listed first.
- Cogswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cogswell is located in Rowan County
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- Wellington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ezel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Brady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rothwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Pomeroyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pomeroyton is located in Menifee County
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- Bonny
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonny is located in Morgan County
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- Blairs Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blairs Mills is located in Morgan County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leatherwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leatherwood.
Newspapers Published in Leatherwood ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leatherwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leatherwood, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leatherwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Leatherwood:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Menifee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Breathitt County
- Carter County
- Clark County
- Elliott County
- Estill County
- Fleming County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Lewis County
- Magoffin County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Powell County
- Rowan County
- Wolfe 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> | 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 Leatherwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leatherwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |