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 McWhorter (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 McWhorter. 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 and doctors 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.
McWhorter is primarily located in Clay County. A portion of McWhorter extends into 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 Clay County: Bell, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near McWhorter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McWhorter:
- Clay County (The home county of McWhorter)
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Benge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Benge is located in Clay County
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- Larue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Larue is located in Clay County
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- Fogertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fogertown is located in Clay County
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- Burning Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
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- Urban
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Urban is located in Clay County
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- Sidell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sidell is located in Clay County
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- Fall Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
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- Laurel Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Laurel Creek is located in Clay County
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- Sextons Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
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- Hima
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hima is located in Clay County
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- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garrard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
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- Teges
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Locust Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
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- Lynch Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Garrard County
- Cartersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersville is located in Garrard County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Peoples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
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- Annville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dabolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dabolt is located in Jackson County
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- Tyner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
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- Gray Hawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County
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- McKee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waneta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waneta is located in Jackson County
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- Foxtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foxtown is located in Jackson County
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- Sandgap
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sandgap is located in Jackson County
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- Kerby Knob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County
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- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Woollum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woollum is located in Knox County
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- Crane Nest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
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- North Corbin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
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- Gray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Girdler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
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- Cannon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cannon is located in Knox County
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- Hinkle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
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- Heidrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
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- Barbourville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Scalf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scalf is located in Knox County
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- Dewitt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dewitt is located in Knox County
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- Walker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Knox County
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- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Greenmount
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenmount is located in Laurel County
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- Maplesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
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- East Bernstadt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
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- London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marydell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
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- Sublimity City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
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- Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Laurel County
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- Bernstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
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- Bush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bush is located in Laurel County
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- Lily
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
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- Dorthae
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
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- Hopewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Idamay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Bear Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
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- Sizerock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
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- Roark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roark is located in Leslie County
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- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Turkeytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County
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- Dog Walk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Bighill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bighill is located in Madison County
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- Duluth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duluth is located in Madison County
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- Slate Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Lick is located in Madison County
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- Dreyfus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dreyfus is located in Madison County
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- Berea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bobtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bobtown is located in Madison County
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- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown is located in Madison County
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- Panola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Panola is located in Madison County
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- Wallaceton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Madison County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Island City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
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- Travellers Rest
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
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- Vincent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Sebastian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
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- Southfork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
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- Mistletoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
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- Pebworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Ricetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lerose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Saul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saul is located in Perry County
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- Buckhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Acorn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
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- Whetstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
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- Walnut Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County
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- Mount Victory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
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- Dykes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
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- Shopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shopville is located in Pulaski County
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- Bee Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County
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- Coin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coin is located in Pulaski County
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- Piney Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
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- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Pulaski County
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- Grundy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
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- Dabney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dabney is located in Pulaski County
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- Rockcastle County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Livingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mullins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mullins is located in Rockcastle County
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- Orlando
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orlando is located in Rockcastle County
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- Climax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Rockcastle County
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- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hansford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
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- Renfro Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildie is located in Rockcastle County
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- Disputanta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County
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- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Rockcastle County
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- Brodhead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County
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- Gum Sulphur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County
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- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Corbin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodbine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
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- Rockholds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McWhorter, see our County-by-County Page for McWhorter.
Cemeteries Near McWhorter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McWhorter.
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 McWhorter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McWhorter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Little Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hoskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cornett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Linck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cunnigan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elza - Swanner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (546 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, McWhorter had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McWhorter, with the one closest to McWhorter listed first.
- Greenmount
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenmount is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Crawford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Moores Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moores Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Creek
- Langnau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langnau is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langnau
- Larue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Larue is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Benge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Benge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge
- Peoples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples
- Oakley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakley is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Maplesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Annville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Bernstadt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Welchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welchburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welchburg
- London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McWhorter. See our List of 1890's Communities around McWhorter.
Newspapers Published in McWhorter ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around McWhorter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McWhorter, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McWhorter.
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 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 McWhorter:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Estill County
- Garrard County
- Jackson County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Pulaski County
- Rockcastle County
- Whitley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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> | 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- McWhorter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 McWhorter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |