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 Rain (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 Rain. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Rain is located in Whitley 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 Whitley County : Bell , Knox , Laurel , McCreary , Campbell (TN) & Claiborne (TN) .
Below are the counties that are near Rain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rain:
Whitley County (The home county of Rain)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Siler (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Siler is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Louden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Nevisdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nevisdale is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Verne (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Verne is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Packard (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Packard is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Pleasant View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lot (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lot is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Saxton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Emlyn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Emlyn is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Rockholds (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Fairview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Red Ash (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Frakes (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Frakes is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes Pearl (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pearl is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Ingram (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Pruden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Pruden is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Capito (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Capito is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito Fonde (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fonde is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde Edgewood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Fourmile (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Yellow Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Premier (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Premier is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Stony Fork Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction Middlesboro (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Brightshade (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Ashers Fork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Garrard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Hima (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Goose Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Urban (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Pathfork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Pathfork is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork Tacky Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Coldiron (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
South Wallins (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
South Wallins is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins Twila (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Twila is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila Wallins Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Bryants Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Wheeler (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Trosper (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Artemus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Barbourville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Heidrick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Bimble (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Cannon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Hinkle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Dewitt (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Dorthae (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Hopewell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Lily (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Keavy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Lake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bush (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Marydell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Sublimity City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City London (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Maplesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville McCreary County
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Pine Knot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Strunk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Strunk is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk Marshes Siding (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding Revelo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Revelo is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo Stearns (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Whitley City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wiborg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Wiborg is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg Campbell County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Morley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Morley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley White Oak (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Jellico (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Habersham (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham Stockville ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Stockville is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville Flat Hollow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow Fincastle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Fincastle is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
Victory (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Victory is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Elk Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
Boy ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Boy is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Girlton ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Girlton is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton LaFollette (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
LaFollette is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
LaFollette has also been known as:
Big Creek Gap Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Pruden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Hamlin Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town Clairfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Cumberland Gap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Speedwell (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Harrogate (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Shawanee (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Goin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Goin is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Big Barren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Big Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren Head of Barren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Sandlick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Sandlick is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick Scott County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Isham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Isham is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham State Line (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
State Line is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Winfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Union County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Braden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Braden is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
Phebe ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Phebe is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Long Hollow ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Long Hollow is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Rhodelia ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Rhodelia is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Loo ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Loo is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Lost Creek ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lost Creek is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Haynes ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Haynes is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Wheeler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Ewing (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rain, see our County-by-County Page for Rain .
Cemeteries Near Rain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rain.
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 Rain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Croley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bennett Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Beech Bottom Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Bottom Church Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Siler . Goins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goins Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Goins Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Siler . Mays Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Siler Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
McKiddy Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lawson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Browns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Browns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Wells Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (760 more) ...
Partin Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jones Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Henderson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Rain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rain, with the one closest to Rain listed first.
Carpenter (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Carpenter is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Bryants Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Ingram (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Artemus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Pleasant View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Barbourville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Saxton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Lot (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lot is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Clairfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Red Ash (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Flat Lick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Emanuel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Emanuel is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Continue List (14 more) ...
Rockholds (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Williamsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Jellico (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rain .
Newspapers Published in Rain ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rain, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Rain.
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 Rain:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Whitley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Harlan County Knox County Laurel County McCreary County Campbell County Claiborne County Scott County Union County Lee County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Rain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.