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 Napier (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 Napier. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Napier is located in Leslie 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 Leslie County: Bell, Clay, Harlan & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Napier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Napier:
- Leslie County (The home county of Napier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Chappell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Yeaddiss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Helton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
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- Mozelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Asher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Warbranch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warbranch is located in Leslie County
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- Smilax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
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- Essie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
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- Wendover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Beverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
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- Stoney Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
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- Callaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Callaway is located in Bell County
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- Rella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rella is located in Bell County
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- Sims Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sims Fork is located in Bell County
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- Kettle Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kettle Island is located in Bell County
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- Miracle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miracle is located in Bell County
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- Arjay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arjay is located in Bell County
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- Jenson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jenson is located in Bell County
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- Varilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Varilla is located in Bell County
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- Calvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Bell County
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- Straight Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Straight Creek is located in Bell County
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- Breathitt County
- Whick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Ashers Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
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- Big Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
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- Brightshade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brightshade is located in Clay County
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- Eriline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eriline is located in Clay County
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- Goose Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goose Rock is located in Clay County
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- Barcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barcreek is located in Clay County
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- Garrard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
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- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Clay County
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- Hima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hima is located in Clay County
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- Teges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Big Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
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- Rosspoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
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- Putney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
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- Baxter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coxton is located in Harlan County
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- Ages
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ages is located in Harlan County
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- Harlan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bailey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
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- Darkmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Draper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Draper is located in Harlan County
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- Evarts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Sassafras
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redfox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Fisty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Leburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Scalf
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scalf is located in Knox County
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- Walker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Knox County
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- Dewitt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dewitt is located in Knox County
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- Flat Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Lick is located in Knox County
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- Hinkle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
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- Woollum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woollum is located in Knox County
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- Girdler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
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- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
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- Hallie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linefork
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- Flint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Blackey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Kings Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Roxana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Partridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
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- Letcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Jeremiah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uz
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Owsley County
- Mistletoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Delphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Cornettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
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- Viper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Avawam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Happy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Scuddy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Combs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Combs is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Acup
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Busy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Busy is located in Perry County
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- Hancock County (TN)
- Alanthus Hill
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Saint Charles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Hubbard Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fleenortown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Pennington Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Darnell Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Ely
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Jonesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Dryden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Ewing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Exeter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Osaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Appalachia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Big Stone Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Stone Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Napier, see our County-by-County Page for Napier.
Cemeteries Near Napier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Napier.
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 Napier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Napier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Huff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Napier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Camp Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nolan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sergent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (553 more) ...
- Lewis / Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- The Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Family Cemetery
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 Napier in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Napier.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Napier, with the one closest to Napier listed first.
- Helton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Cutshin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Baxter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoskinston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Harlan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Evarts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallins Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- Hyden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Viper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Creech
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Creech is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech
- Hubbard Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Linefork
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Hagan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hagan is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
- Hazard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Napier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Napier.
Newspapers Published in Napier ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Napier.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Napier, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Napier.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Napier:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Leslie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Breathitt County
- Clay County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Knox County
- Letcher County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Hancock County
- Lee County
- Wise 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> | 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 Napier, 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 from Point A (ie- Napier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |