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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 Linefork (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 Linefork. 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 and 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.

Linefork is located in Letcher County.

To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Linefork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linefork:

  • Letcher County     (The home county of Linefork)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Flint
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kings Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Partridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Partridge is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
    • Gordon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Gordon is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Roxana
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Roxana is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
    • Hallie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hot Spot
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Uz
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oven Fork
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Blackey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Letcher
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Eolia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Eolia is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolia
    • Jeremiah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Weeksbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
    • Wheelwright
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Bypro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Melvin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Melvin is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Wheelwright Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dema
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dema is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
    • Hi Hat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wayland is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Beaver
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Harlan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Cumberland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Benham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lynch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chad
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Closplint
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Closplint is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
    • Louellen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Totz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Holmes Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
    • Dizney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Laurel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
    • Short Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Short Town is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
    • Bailey Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Darkmont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Knott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Redfox
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Littcarr
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Littcarr is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
    • Sassafras
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine Top
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Carrie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hindman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Pippa Passes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
    • Emmalena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Fisty
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Kite
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Kite is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
    • Leburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Garner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Garner is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
    • Tina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Leslie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Yeaddiss
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss
    • Cutshin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Smilax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Smilax is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
    • Wooton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chappell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wendover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Asher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Helton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Helton is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
    • Hoskinston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
    • Hyden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mozelle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Stinnett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Stinnett is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
    • Essie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Essie is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Delphia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Delphia is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
    • Slemp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Slemp is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
    • Cornettsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornettsville is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
    • Happy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Happy is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
    • Scuddy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vicco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Vicco is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Acup
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Viper
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Viper is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
    • Hazard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Combs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Combs is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
    • Hardburly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tribbey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.
    • Myra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Myra is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
    • Dorton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonancy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jonancy is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
    • Virgie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Virgie is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
  • Hancock County (TN)
    • Willis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Willis is located in Hancock County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
      • Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
  • Dickenson County (VA)
  • Lee County (VA)
  • Norton City (VA)
    • Norton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Norton is located in Norton City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <1>
  • Scott County (VA)
  • Wise County (VA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linefork, see our County-by-County Page for Linefork.

Cemeteries Near Linefork ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linefork.

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 Linefork - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linefork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Linefork had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Linefork, with the one closest to Linefork listed first.

  • Kings Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Partridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Partridge is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
  • Roxana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Roxana is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
  • Indian Bottom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
  • Oven Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Whitesburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeremiah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Smoot Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
  • Sergent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sassafras
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Big Stone Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Flat Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Millstone
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Millstone is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
    • Olinger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Olinger is located in Lee County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger
    • Craftsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Craftsville is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linefork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linefork.

Newspapers Published in Linefork ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linefork.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linefork, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linefork.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Linefork:

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>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.
<3>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 Linefork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Linefork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.