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 Lenarue (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 Lenarue. 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 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.
Lenarue 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 Lenarue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lenarue:
Harlan County (The home county of Lenarue)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Bobs Creek (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Cawood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Cawood is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood Ages (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Ages is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages Coxton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Verda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Verda is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda Mary Alice (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Harlan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Rosspoint (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Rosspoint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint Draper (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Draper is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Evarts (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Baxter (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Loyall (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Loyall is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
Bailey Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Stoney Fork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Callaway (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Beverly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Miracle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Sims Fork (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Varilla (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Arjay (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Calvin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Jenson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Straight Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Dorton Branch (23 miles [37 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 Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Ashers Fork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Big Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Goose Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Knott County
Sassafras (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Scalf (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Dewitt (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Flat Lick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Trosper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Helton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Chappell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Warbranch (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Mozelle (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Yeaddiss (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Asher (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Cutshin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Hoskinston (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Essie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Roark (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Smilax (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Wendover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Gordon (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Flint (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hallie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Partridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Kings Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Blackey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Roxana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Letcher (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Hot Spot (29 miles [46.7 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 Oven Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork Uz (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Delphia (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Viper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Avawam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Jeff (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Happy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Scuddy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Acup (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Vicco (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Shawanee (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Cumberland Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Harrogate (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Caney Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Tazewell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Raven Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Minton Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Springdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Alanthus Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Sneedville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Kyles Ford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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
Duck Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (21 miles [33.8 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
Xenophon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Yount Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Eidson (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Galbraith Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Hubbard Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Fleenortown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Rose Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Saint Charles (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Jonesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pennington Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Van (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ewing (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Ely (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Blackwater (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Dryden (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Darnell Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Keokee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Duffield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Clinchport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Exeter (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Osaka (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka Appalachia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Big Stone Gap (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap Kent Junction (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lenarue, see our County-by-County Page for Lenarue .
Cemeteries Near Lenarue ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lenarue.
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 Lenarue - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lenarue covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Field Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Cawood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Beech Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Pope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Slack Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Turner Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Gabes Branch Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Fee Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Burkhart Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Rainbow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Evarts Memorial Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Middleton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (779 more) ...
Jones Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Howard Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wash Smith Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Lenarue in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lenarue.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lenarue, with the one closest to Lenarue listed first.
Harlan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Evarts (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Baxter (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Hubbard Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Creech (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Hagan (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Wallins Creek (8 miles [12.9 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Rose Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Jonesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Helton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Ewing (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Van (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Cubage (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cubage is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage Ely (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lenarue. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lenarue .
Newspapers Published in Lenarue ...
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 Lenarue.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lenarue, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lenarue.
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 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 Lenarue:
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 Claiborne County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lenarue. 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 Lenarue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lenarue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.