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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 Minnie (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 Minnie. 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 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.

Minnie is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Breathitt, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin & Pike.

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

  • Floyd County     (The home county of Minnie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Drift
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Drift is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift
    • McDowell
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Printer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Blue Moon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayland is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Eastern
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastern is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern
    • Langley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Langley is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
    • Maytown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dema
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dema is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
    • Garrett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Garrett is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
    • Lackey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lackey is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
    • Grethel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hi Hat
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Breathitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Hardshell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rousseau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
    • Bays
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bays is located in Breathitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
    • Clayhole
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole
    • Flintville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Johnson County
  • Knott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Raven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Raven is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
    • Mousie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kite
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Kite is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
    • Pippa Passes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
    • Garner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Garner is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
    • Leburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Vest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hindman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Top
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tina
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carrie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Littcarr
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Littcarr is located in Knott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
    • Emmalena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Letcher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Deane
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Deane is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
    • Colson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hemphill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • McRoberts
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Fleming - Neon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Neon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cromona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cromona is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
    • Seco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Seco is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seco
    • Thornton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Thornton is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
    • Tolliver Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Whitaker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Farraday
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Burdine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Burdine is located in Letcher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
  • Magoffin County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Debord
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomahawk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Pilgrim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pilgrim is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
    • Inez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Beauty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Dwarf
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ary
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hardburly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Tribbey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Vicco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Vicco is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Acup
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Scuddy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stacy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Happy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Happy is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
    • Jeff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dice is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
    • Combs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Combs is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
  • Pike County
  • Dickenson County (VA)
  • Wise County (VA)
  • Mingo County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie listed first.
    • Williamson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chattaroy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy

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

Cemeteries Near Minnie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minnie.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minnie, with the one closest to Minnie 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, Minnie had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • McDowell
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Langley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Langley is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
  • Lackey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lackey is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
  • Raven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Raven is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
  • Hueysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Alphoretta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Alphoretta is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphoretta
  • Beaver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Run Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Goodloe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dwale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dwale is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale
  • Hall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hall is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Pikeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • 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 Minnie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minnie.

Newspapers Published in Minnie ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minnie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minnie, 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 Minnie.

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 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 Minnie:

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 Minnie, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minnie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.