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 Nelson (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 Nelson. 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 doctors 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.
Nelson is located in Wolfe 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 Wolfe County : Breathitt , Lee , Magoffin , Menifee , Morgan & Powell .
Below are the counties that are near Nelson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nelson:
Wolfe County (The home county of Nelson)
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Campton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mary (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Bethany (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Lexie (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Pine Ridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Toliver (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver Valeria (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Valeria is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria Hazel Green (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Rogers (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Helechawa (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Lee City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Belknap (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Bath County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Suddith (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Suddith is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suddith Pine Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pine Grove is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Little Slate Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek Mill Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mill Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Black Sulpher Spring (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Olympia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Olympia is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia Salt Lick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Peeled Oak (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Peeled Oak is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak Preston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Preston is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Midland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Midland is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Vancleve (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Frozen Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Taulbee (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Wolverine (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Rock Lick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Chenowee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Oakdale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Copebranch (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Jackson (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Bays (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Jetts Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Quicksand (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Rabbit Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Rabbit Town is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town Log Lick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Log Lick is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick Clay County
Teges (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Elliott County
The Ridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
The Ridge is located in Elliott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Ridge Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Furnace (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Miller's Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Ravenna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Irvine (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Wagersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Lynch Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Witt Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Jackson County
Foxtown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Vada (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Williba (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Fincastle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Primrose (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Zachariah (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Zoe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Athol (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Tallega (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Saint Helens (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Beattyville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Heidelberg (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Netty (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Ova (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Edna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Edna is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Elsie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Hendricks (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Cisco (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Cisco is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Lakeville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Maggard (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Maggard is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggard Salyersville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Logville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Logville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville Sublett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Sublett is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Royalton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Royalton is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Menifee County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Denniston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Denniston is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston Wellington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Mariba (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mariba is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba Korea (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Korea is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea Frenchburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Rothwell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rothwell is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell Sudith (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Sudith is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudith Means (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Means is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Jeffersonville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hope (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Hope is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Camargo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Camargo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
Spencer Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Village Levee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Levee is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Maytown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Ezel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Ezel is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Mize (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Cannel City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Grassy Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Ebon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Ebon is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon Malone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Malone is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone West Liberty (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Yocum (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Yocum is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum Wrigley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Wrigley is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Dingus (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Dingus is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Elkfork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Elkfork is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Lerose (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Booneville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Southfork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Vincent (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Ricetown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Travellers Rest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Sebastian (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Mistletoe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Island City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Buckhorn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Chavies (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Stacy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Gays Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Dice (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Krypton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Saul (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Ary (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Slade (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Barker Branch (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Upper Cane (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Upper Cane is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane Cat Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Rosslyn (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Knowlton (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Pecks Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek North Bend (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Hatton Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek Stanton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Morris Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Morris Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Mount Hope (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mount Hope is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Farmers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Farmers is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Lakeview Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nelson, see our County-by-County Page for Nelson .
Cemeteries Near Nelson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nelson.
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 Nelson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nelson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Chambers Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Banks - Taulbee Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cash Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Centers - Rose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Taulbee & Burton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Terrell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Tackett - Wells Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Murphy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Evans Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery The Evans Cemetery has also been known as:
Evans Crossing Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73873 <2>
Hollon Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ledford Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Center Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (741 more) ...
Taylor Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Brewer Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Crow Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Nelson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nelson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
Campton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Stillwater (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Stillwater is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Paxton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Paxton is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Gillmore (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Gillmore is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillmore Hazel Green (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Daysboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Daysboro is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysboro Fincastle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Frozen Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Lee City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Maytown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Zachariah (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Monica (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Monica is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica Continue List (16 more) ...
Taulbee (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Sellars (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Sellars is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellars Pomeroyton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Pomeroyton is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroyton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nelson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nelson .
Newspapers Published in Nelson ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nelson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nelson, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Nelson.
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 helpful 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 Nelson:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Wolfe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bath County Breathitt County Clark County Clay County Elliott County Estill County Jackson County Lee County Magoffin County Menifee County Montgomery County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Powell County Rowan County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nelson. 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 Nelson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nelson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.