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 Pekin (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 Pekin. 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 doctors 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.
Pekin is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Elliott, Johnson, Lawrence, Magoffin, Menifee, Rowan & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Pekin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pekin:
- Morgan County (The home county of Pekin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Mize
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Cannel City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Wrigley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Dingus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Suddith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Midland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Slate Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Peasticks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Peeled Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Rock Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Vancleve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Bays
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Rousseau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chenowee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
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- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Copebranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Jacobs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
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- Soldier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- The Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Isonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Ault
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Bruin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Estill County
- Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Colfax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Grange City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Redbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Keaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Oil Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- Fuget
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fuget is located in Johnson County
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- Asa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Flatgap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
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- Barnetts Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County
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- Volga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Volga is located in Johnson County
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- Sitka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sitka is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
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- Staffordsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Mazie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
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- Skaggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
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- Martha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Vada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Zachariah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tallega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Netty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Cisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Logville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Maggard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maggard is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Flat Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County
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- Lacey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wheelersburg is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Korea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Mariba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sudith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Means
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Jeffersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spencer Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Levee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Owsley County
- Lerose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Slade
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barker Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
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- Upper Cane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
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- South Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
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- Cat Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
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- Rosslyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
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- Pecks Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
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- Knowlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
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- Morris Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
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- North Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- Stanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hatton Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
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- Old Clay City Road
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Minor
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Clearfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Brady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Farmers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Elliottville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Haldeman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Valeria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Lee City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Lexie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Belknap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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- Campton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pekin, see our County-by-County Page for Pekin.
Cemeteries Near Pekin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pekin.
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 Pekin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pekin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Old Grassy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pieratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cecil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ezel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ezel Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Ezel.
- Peiratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greear Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (929 more) ...
- Sexton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pekin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pekin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pekin, with the one closest to Pekin listed first.
- Mize
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Bonny
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonny is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Bear Wallow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
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- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Daysboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Daysboro is located in Wolfe County
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- Sellars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sellars is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Wellington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Pomeroyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pomeroyton is located in Menifee County
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- Caney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caney is located in Morgan County
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- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Wolfe County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pekin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pekin.
Newspapers Published in Pekin ...
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 Pekin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pekin, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pekin.
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 Pekin:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Breathitt County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Estill County
- Fleming County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Magoffin County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Owsley County
- Powell County
- Rowan County
- Wolfe 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> | 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 Pekin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pekin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |