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 Partridge (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 Partridge. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Partridge 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 Partridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Partridge:
- Letcher County (The home county of Partridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Kings Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Flint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Linefork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- Eolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eolia is located in Letcher County
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- Oven Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
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- Roxana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Uz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- West Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Whitesburg
- Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellcraft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Wheelwright
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Weeksbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Bypro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wheelwright Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Hi Hat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dema
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Lynch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Benham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Closplint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Holmes Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Louellen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Totz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dizney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Kenvir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kenvir is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir
- Short Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
- Big Laurel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Redfox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Littcarr
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Sassafras
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Kite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Pippa Passes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Carrie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Hindman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Emmalena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena
- Fisty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss
- Cutshin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Smilax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Chappell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Wooton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton
- Wendover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Helton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Hoskinston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Mozelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Asher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Hyden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stinnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Delphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
- Slemp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
- Cornettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Happy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Scuddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Acup
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup
- Jeff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Viper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Hardburly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
- Hazard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Combs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Dorton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Jonancy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
- Virgie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Hellier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Hancock County (TN)
- Willis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Willis is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Darwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Omaha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Clintwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Nora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Darnell Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Dryden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Saint Charles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Ely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Stickleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Fleenortown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Jonesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Blackwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Duffield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lano
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Fort Blackmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Dungannon
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Kermit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kermit is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Gate City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Osaka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Exeter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Appalachia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Blackwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- East Stone Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Esserville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Wise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Almira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Pound
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Partridge, see our County-by-County Page for Partridge.
Cemeteries Near Partridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Partridge.
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 Partridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Partridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Maggard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Israel Blair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Creech Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornetts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Day Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (910 more) ...
- Andover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Isom Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hogg Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Partridge had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Partridge, with the one closest to Partridge listed first.
- Kings Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Linefork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Oven Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Roxana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Big Stone Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Smoot Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Jeremiah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sergent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Olinger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Olinger is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lipps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lipps is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
- Millstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Craftsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Partridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Partridge.
Newspapers Published in Partridge ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Partridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Partridge, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Partridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Partridge:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Hancock County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- 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 Partridge, 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' (or 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- Partridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |