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 Quincy (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 Quincy. 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 and doctors 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.
Quincy is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Carter, Fleming, Greenup, Mason, Rowan, Adams (OH) & Scioto (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Quincy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quincy:
- Lewis County (The home county of Quincy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Garrison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Firebrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County
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- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
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- Vanceburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Camp Dix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
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- Charters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
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- Emerson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lewis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Pence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Lewis County
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- Tollesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County
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- Cottageville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County
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- Boyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County
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- Millseat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millseat is located in Boyd County
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- Westwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Princess
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
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- Rush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
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- Cliffside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cliffside is located in Boyd County
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- Mavity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
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- Normal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Normal is located in Boyd County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Boone Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
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- Smiths Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
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- Kehoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
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- Carter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carter is located in Carter County
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- Wesleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
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- Smoky Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Pactolus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grayson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grahn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Mountain Top
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Gimlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Ault
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Bruin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Ryan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Foxport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County
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- Pleasureville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasureville is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Wallingford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
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- Poplar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fleming County
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- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Greenup County
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- South Portsmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County
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- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
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- South Shore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tygarts Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
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- Frost
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County
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- Warnock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
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- Grays Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County
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- Lloyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County
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- Greenup
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Argillite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Rectorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County
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- Springdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Mason County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Haldeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Adams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Squirrel Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Blue Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grimes is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Lynx
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lynx is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Moore ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Mineral Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Wrightsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Jaybird
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Dunkinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Whippoorwill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Hanging Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Pedro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Ironton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coal Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Johns Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Kitts Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kitts Hill is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Pike County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Coopersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Wetmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Camp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Camp is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Wakefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sargents
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sargents is located in Pike County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Shyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shyville is located in Pike County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Pike County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Poplar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Scioto County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Pond Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Portsmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Lombardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- New Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Franklin Furnace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arion is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Sciotoville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sciotoville is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotoville
- Garden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Summit County (OH)
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Summit County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quincy, see our County-by-County Page for Quincy.
Cemeteries Near Quincy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quincy.
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 Quincy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quincy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Howland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sun Set Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Veach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Waring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bruce Family Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKendree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (685 more) ...
- Brightman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Witten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Quincy had a population of 279 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
- Garrison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Pond Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tannery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- South Portsmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Rugless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rugless is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugless
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Portsmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanceburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Smiths Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Tygarts Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Dry Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quincy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quincy.
Newspapers Published in Quincy ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quincy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quincy, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quincy.
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 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 Quincy:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyd County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Mason County
- Rowan County
- Adams County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Summit 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 Quincy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quincy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |