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 Neon (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 Neon. 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 hospitals 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.
Neon is located in Letcher 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 Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Neon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neon:
- Letcher County (The home county of Neon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Cromona
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
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- Fleming - Neon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Tolliver Town
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolliver Town
- Hemphill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Whitaker
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County
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- Seco
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Seco is located in Letcher County
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- McRoberts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoberts
- Millstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Farraday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
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- Thornton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thornton is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Jenkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Mayking
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mayking is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayking
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Weeksbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Melvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wheelwright Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hi Hat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beaver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Dema
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
- Teaberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Galveston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- McDowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Minnie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Minnie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Lynch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Closplint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Holmes Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Louellen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Totz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Kite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Pine Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Redfox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Pippa Passes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Littcarr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Raven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Garner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Hindman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mousie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie
- Sassafras
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Tina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tina is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss
- Cutshin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Vicco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Cornettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Scuddy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Acup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Acup is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup
- Happy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Delphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
- Hardburly
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
- Jeff
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Slemp
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
- Viper
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Dwarf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
- Tribbey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Bulan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Dorton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Myra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Jonancy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
- Virgie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Hellier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Lookout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Ashcamp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Robinson Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Rockhouse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Yeager
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Draffin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Draffin is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draffin
- Fords Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Garden Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Buchanan County (VA)
- Big Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Darwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Clintwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Clinchco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarpon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Nora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Herald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Haysi
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <1>
- Aily
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Bucu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Carrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Darnell Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Russell County (VA)
- Dante
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Lano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Dungannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Fort Blackmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Almira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Haddonfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esserville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Osaka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Hamilton town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Blackwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Kent Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Appalachia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coeburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Stone Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- 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 Neon, see our County-by-County Page for Neon.
Cemeteries Near Neon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neon.
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 Neon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Hemphill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McRoberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sam Bentley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melvin Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Adams Cemetery
- The Melvin Adams Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Laurel Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vanover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haddon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (791 more) ...
- Fleming Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hogg Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benjamin Bolling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Bolling Cemetery
- The Benjamin Bolling Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bolling 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 Neon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Neon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neon, with the one closest to Neon listed first.
- Craftsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Millstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Sergent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Deane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Beefhide
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beefhide is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
- Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smoot Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Flat Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hall is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Dorton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oven Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pine Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Jeremiah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lipps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lipps is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neon.
Newspapers Published in Neon ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neon, 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 Neon.
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 either 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 Neon:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Russell County
- Scott 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 Neon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Neon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |