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 Lida (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 Lida. 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 doctors 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.
Lida is located in Laurel 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 Laurel County : Clay , Jackson , Knox , McCreary , Pulaski , Rockcastle & Whitley .
Below are the counties that are near Lida. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lida:
Laurel County (The home county of Lida)
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Lake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Lake is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Marydell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Marydell is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bush (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bush is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Maplesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Maplesville is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Lily (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Lily is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily London (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Sublimity City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Sublimity City is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Pittsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Pittsburg is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Hopewell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Dorthae (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Dorthae is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae East Bernstadt (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Greenmount (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Greenmount is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Keavy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Keavy is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Fourmile (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Rella (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Arjay (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Beverly (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Sims Fork (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Ingram (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Dorton Branch (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch Pineville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Straight Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Wasioto (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Wasioto is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto Jenson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Kettle Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Stoney Fork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Urban (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Hima (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Larue (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Fogertown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Sidell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Garrard (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Benge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Manchester (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Fall Rock (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Goose Rock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Burning Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Brightshade (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Laurel Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Harlan County
Tacky Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Peoples (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Annville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Dabolt (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Tyner (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Waneta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Foxtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Sandgap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Crane Nest (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Woollum (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Gray (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Girdler (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Cannon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon North Corbin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Hinkle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Heidrick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Barbourville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Bimble (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Artemus (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Dewitt (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Scalf (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Bear Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Roark (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Sizerock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Essie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Thousandsticks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Warbranch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Asher (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Hoskinston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Mozelle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Island City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Mistletoe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Sebastian (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Travellers Rest (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Ricetown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Southfork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Vincent (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Booneville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Perry County
Saul (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Acorn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Mount Victory (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Whetstone (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Dykes (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Piney Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Shopville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Shopville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Livingston (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Mullins (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Hansford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Orlando (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Mount Vernon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Renfro Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Corbin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Woodbine (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Rockholds (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Louden (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Siler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Siler is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Verne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Verne is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Liberty (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Williamsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Nevisdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Nevisdale is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Emlyn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Emlyn is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Packard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Packard is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Pleasant View (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lida, see our County-by-County Page for Lida .
Cemeteries Near Lida ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lida.
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 Lida - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lida covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Joe Jones Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Providence Baptist Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Baptist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> London . The Providence Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Providence Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1444998 <3>
Williams Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hoskins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Phelps Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
McFadden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Taylor Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> London . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76241 <3>
Gregory Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mosley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hale Family Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Continue List (496 more) ...
Sasser Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Cobb Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Thomas Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Lida in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lida.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lida, with the one closest to Lida listed first.
Cane Creek (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cane Creek is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Marydell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Marydell is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Tuttle (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Tuttle is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttle Fletcher (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fletcher is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Langnau (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Langnau is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langnau Pigeonroost (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Pigeonroost is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeonroost Maplesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Maplesville is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Fariston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Fariston is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fariston Crane Nest (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Crawford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Crawford is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Lily (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Lily is also located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Larue (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Continue List (15 more) ...
London (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Sidell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Gray (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lida. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lida .
Newspapers Published in Lida ...
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 Lida.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lida, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Lida.
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 Lida:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Laurel County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Harlan County Jackson County Knox County Leslie County Owsley County Perry County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Whitley County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lida. 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. 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- Lida) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Lida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.