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 Pueblo (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 Pueblo. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Pueblo is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Clinton, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Pickett (TN) & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Pueblo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pueblo:
- Wayne County (The home county of Pueblo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Ritner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ritner is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Monticello
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sumpter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Mill Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Parmleysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parmleysville is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Frazer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frazer is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mount Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Shearer Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Murl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Murl is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Parnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Parnell is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Slickford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slickford is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Crocus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crocus is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocus
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montpelier is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Sano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sano is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mintonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mintonville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville
- Honey Acre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Acre is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Acre
- Ware
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ware is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Evona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evona is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Teddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Teddy is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Bethelridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bethelridge is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge
- Labascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Labascus is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Alpha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Cumberland City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Savage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Static
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Browns Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wiborg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Marshes Siding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Barthell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barthell is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell
- Blue Heron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Heron is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
- Smith Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stearns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitley City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Revelo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Pine Knot
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Tateville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Bronston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Burnside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Vinnie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Northfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Faubush
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush
- Nancy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ferguson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Somerset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dykes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes was located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Lula ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lula was located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Freedom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Long Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Esto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Russell Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ayers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Pall Mall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Pickett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Chanute
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Static
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Cedar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Byrdstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Isham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Helenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pueblo, see our County-by-County Page for Pueblo.
Cemeteries Near Pueblo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pueblo.
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 Pueblo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pueblo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Dodson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gooding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts - Bell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Correll Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gerty & Myrtle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eli Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- C H Denney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Denney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (646 more) ...
- Old Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Warren - Denney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Morrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
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 Pueblo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pueblo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pueblo, with the one closest to Pueblo listed first.
- Gregory
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gregory is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Coopersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coopersville is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Ritner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ritner is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Kidder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kidder is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Steubenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steubenville is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steubenville
- Monticello
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sumpter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Parmleysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parmleysville is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mill Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Frazer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frazer is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mount Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eadsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eadsville is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Shearer Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is also located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Tateville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pueblo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pueblo.
Newspapers Published in Pueblo ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pueblo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pueblo, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pueblo.
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 Pueblo:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Casey County
- Clinton County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Whitley County
- Fentress County
- Pickett County
- Scott 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 Pueblo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pueblo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |