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 Pine Knob (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 Pine Knob. 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 and 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.
Pine Knob is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Knob. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Knob:
- Grayson County (The home county of Pine Knob)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Tousey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Short Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Spring Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Yeaman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Caneyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Millwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Duff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Shrewsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Leitchfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clarkson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- McDaniels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Dean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Vanzant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- McQuady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Westview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Se Ree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Tar Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Harned
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Constantine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Whittinghill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Aberdeen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morgantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Mining City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Provo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Oklahoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Sunfish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Roundhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Bee Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Huff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Kyrock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Rhoda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Mammoth Cave
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Cabot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Spurrier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Vertrees
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Eastview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- White Mills Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- White Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Howe Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- Flint Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Old Stephensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Dogcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Meade County
- Big Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Skilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Horse Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Olaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Rosine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Fordsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Select
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Cromwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Aetnaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Beaver Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Anna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Rockland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Tobinsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Rome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Knob, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Knob.
Cemeteries Near Pine Knob ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Knob.
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 Pine Knob - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Knob covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Mahurin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deweese Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lahue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Bates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Bates Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Caneyville.
- The Lower Bates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bates Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236675 <3>
- Prewitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Payton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Porters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Layman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Ferguson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lacefield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Layman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pine Knob in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Knob.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Tousey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Spring Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Short Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Caneyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Run is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Run
- Falls-of-Rough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Duff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Ready
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ready is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Horse Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- McDaniels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shreve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shreve is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreve
- Renfrow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Renfrow is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Knob. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Knob.
Newspapers Published in Pine Knob ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Knob.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Knob, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Knob.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pine Knob:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Meade County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Warren County
- Perry 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Knob) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pine Knob, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |