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 Longton (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 Longton. 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 doctors and 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.
Longton 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 Longton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longton:
Harlan County (The home county of Longton)
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Wallins Creek (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
South Wallins (Less than 2 miles to the south)
South Wallins is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins Coldiron (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Loyall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Loyall is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
Tacky Town (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Baxter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Harlan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Twila (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Twila is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila Mary Alice (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Bledsoe (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bledsoe is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Pathfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pathfork is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork Rosspoint (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Rosspoint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint Coxton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Stoney Fork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Beverly (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Callaway (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Sims Fork (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Varilla (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Jenson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Arjay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Calvin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Straight Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Dorton Branch (15 miles [24.1 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 Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Ashers Fork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Goose Rock (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Big Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Eriline (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Garrard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Hima (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Barcreek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Manchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Scalf (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Dewitt (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Flat Lick (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Trosper (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Artemus (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Bimble (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Hinkle (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Warren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Woollum (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Cannon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Girdler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Wheeler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Laurel County
Bush (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Helton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Warbranch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Mozelle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Chappell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Asher (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Roark (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Essie (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Hoskinston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Cutshin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Yeaddiss (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Wendover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Smilax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Gordon (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Hallie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Linefork (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Flint (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Partridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Delphia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Avawam (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Cornettsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Viper (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Jeff (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Saul (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Happy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Cumberland Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Harrogate (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill (26 miles [41.8 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
Tazewell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
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 New Tazewell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Springdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Evans Ferry (30 miles [48.3 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 Head of Barren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Alanthus Hill (18 miles [29 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Xenophon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Duck Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Kyles Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Willis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Yount Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County (TN)
Eidson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Rose Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Ewing (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hubbard Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Wheeler (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Fleenortown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Saint Charles (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Van (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Pennington Gap (21 miles [33.8 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
Ely (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Blackwater (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Dryden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Keokee (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longton, see our County-by-County Page for Longton .
Cemeteries Near Longton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longton.
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 Longton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Gross Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Coldiron Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jesse Brock Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Resthaven Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Johnson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery The Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
Johnson Family Cemetery A.D. Johnson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for A.D. Johnson Cemetery The A.D. Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
Andrew Johnson Cemetery Stoney Fork Hollow Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540097 <3>
Saylor Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Beech Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Nolan Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Honey Branch Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Middleton Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Brown Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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Green Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Napier Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hall Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Longton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longton, with the one closest to Longton listed first.
Wallins Creek (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Creech (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Harlan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Baxter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Helton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Callaway (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Cubage (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Cubage is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage Rose Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Boons Path (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Hagan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Evarts (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ewing (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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Hubbard Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Pineville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Wasioto (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Wasioto is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longton .
Newspapers Published in Longton ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Longton.
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 Longton:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knox County Laurel County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Claiborne County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Longton. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Longton) 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 Longton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.