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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 McRoberts (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 McRoberts. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

McRoberts 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 McRoberts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McRoberts:

  • Letcher County     (The home county of McRoberts)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Cromona
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Cromona is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
    • Fleming - Neon
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Hemphill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Neon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tolliver Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenkins
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seco
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Seco is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seco
    • Whitaker
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Burdine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Burdine is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
    • Millstone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Millstone is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
    • Deane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Deane is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
    • Farraday
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sergent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Floyd County
  • Harlan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Lynch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Benham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumberland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Chad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holmes Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
    • Closplint
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Closplint is located in Harlan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
    • Louellen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Totz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Knott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Kite
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kite is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
    • Pine Top
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pippa Passes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
    • Redfox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Raven
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Raven is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
    • Littcarr
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Littcarr is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
    • Garner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Garner is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
    • Leburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mousie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hindman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sassafras
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Magoffin County
    • Gunlock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Vicco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Vicco is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Cornettsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cornettsville is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
    • Scuddy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Acup
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Happy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Happy is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
    • Delphia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Delphia is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
    • Hardburly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jeff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Slemp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Slemp is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
    • Dwarf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tribbey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Viper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Viper is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
    • Bulan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Dorton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Myra
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Myra is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
    • Jonancy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jonancy is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
    • Virgie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Virgie is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
    • Hellier
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashcamp
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ashcamp is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
    • Lookout
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lookout is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
    • Robinson Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockhouse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockhouse is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Yeager
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Draffin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Belcher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Belcher is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
    • Cedarville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Buchanan County (VA)
  • Dickenson County (VA)
  • Lee County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts listed first.
    • Darnell Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
    • Keokee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rawhide
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Norton City (VA)
    • Norton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • 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>
  • Russell County (VA)
  • Scott County (VA)
  • Wise County (VA)

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

Cemeteries Near McRoberts ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McRoberts.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McRoberts, with the one closest to McRoberts 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>

While we didn't find McRoberts in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McRoberts.

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

  • Beefhide
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beefhide is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
  • Craftsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Craftsville is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
  • Millstone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Millstone is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
  • Deane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Deane is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
  • Sergent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hall is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Flat Gap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
  • Smoot Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
  • Whitesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oven Fork
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in McRoberts ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around McRoberts.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McRoberts, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McRoberts.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McRoberts:

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 McRoberts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- McRoberts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.