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 Montgomery (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 Montgomery. 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.
Montgomery is located in Knott 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 Knott County : Breathitt , Floyd , Letcher , Magoffin , Perry & Pike .
Below are the counties that are near Montgomery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montgomery:
Knott County (The home county of Montgomery)
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Tina (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Vest (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hindman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Carrie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Leburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Emmalena (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Fisty (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Garner (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Pippa Passes (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mousie (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mousie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie Littcarr (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Sassafras (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Pine Top (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Hardshell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Clayhole (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Flintville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Lost Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Rousseau (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Kragon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Whick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Quicksand (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Bays (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Jackson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Taulbee (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Wolverine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Dema (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Dema is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema Lackey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Garrett (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Garrett is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Hueysville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Wayland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Wayland is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Bypro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hi Hat (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Eastern (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Eastern is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Wheelwright Junction (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wheelwright (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Wheelwright is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
Drift (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Drift is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift McDowell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Minnie (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Minnie is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Cumberland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Chad (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Chad is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Benham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lynch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Big Laurel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Totz (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Asa (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa East Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Denver (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Denver is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Nero (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Nero is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Wooton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Smilax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Confluence (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Cutshin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Yeaddiss (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Hyden (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Wendover (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Stinnett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Hoskinston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Sizerock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Asher (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Chappell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Colson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Colson is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Isom (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Isom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom Jeremiah (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Blackey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Letcher (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Deane (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Deane is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane Hallie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hot Spot (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hot Spot is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot Hot Spot has also been known as:
Hotspot Roxana (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Bellcraft (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bellcraft is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft Thornton (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Uz (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Farraday (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Farraday is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farraday Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Gunlock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Gunlock is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock Gapville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Gapville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville Gypsy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Gypsy is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Royalton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Marshallville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Marshallville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville Sublett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Hendricks (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Ivyton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ivyton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyton Lakeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Ova (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Salyersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Elsie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Falcon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Falcon is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Dwarf (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Hardburly (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hardburly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly Ary (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Tribbey (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tribbey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Bulan (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bulan is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan Vicco (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Vicco is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Acup (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Happy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Scuddy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Dice (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Stacy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Combs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Bonnyman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Myra (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Myra is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra Dorton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Jonancy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Jonancy is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy Virgie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Virgie is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie Owsley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Owsley is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Robinson Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Robinson Creek is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek Blair Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Blair Town is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Town Mayo Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mayo Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village Yeager (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Yeager is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager Coal Run Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Coal Run Village is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
Fords Branch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Fords Branch is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch Pikeville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Shelbiana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Shelbiana is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbiana Wolfe County
Belknap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Almira (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira Haddonfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield Pound (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Osaka (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montgomery, see our County-by-County Page for Montgomery .
Cemeteries Near Montgomery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montgomery.
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 Montgomery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montgomery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Combs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Fuller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Dobson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Adam Terry Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Clear Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Owen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Estill Smith Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Bolen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Young Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Click Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lotts Creek United Baptist Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Upper Kelly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (510 more) ...
Madden Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Carr Fork Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Reynolds Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Montgomery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Montgomery.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
Hindman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Vest (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Dwarf (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dwarf is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf Sassafras (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Pine Top (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Raven (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Raven is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Stacy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Hazard (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lackey (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lackey is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Hueysville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Viper (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Jeremiah (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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Hall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hall is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ned (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Ned is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned Indian Bottom (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montgomery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montgomery .
Newspapers Published in Montgomery ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montgomery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montgomery, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Montgomery.
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 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 Montgomery:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Knott County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Floyd County Harlan County Johnson County Leslie County Letcher County Magoffin County Perry County Pike County Wolfe County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montgomery. 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. 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 Montgomery, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Montgomery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.