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 Right Fork of Long Fork (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 Right Fork of Long Fork. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Right Fork of Long Fork is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Buchanan (VA), Dickenson (VA), Wise (VA) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Right Fork of Long Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Right Fork of Long Fork:
- Pike County (The home county of Right Fork of Long Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Myra
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Myra is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Dorton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jonancy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
- Virgie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Robinson Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Hellier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Lookout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Yeager
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Rockhouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Ashcamp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Fords Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Mayo Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Weeksbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Melvin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wheelwright Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bypro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Hi Hat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Teaberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Galveston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Dema
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
- McDowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wayland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Lynch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Kite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Raven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Pine Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Pippa Passes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Garner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Mousie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie
- Littcarr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Redfox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Leburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hindman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carrie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Tina
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tina is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Hemphill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- McRoberts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoberts
- Deane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Fleming - Neon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Neon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cromona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
- Tolliver Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolliver Town
- Seco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seco is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seco
- Whitaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County
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- Burdine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Jenkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farraday
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farraday
- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Gunlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
- Gapville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Gypsy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Vicco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Scuddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Acup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Acup is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup
- Happy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Cornettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Hardburly
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
- Dwarf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
- Jeff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tribbey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Ary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bulan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan
- Viper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Buchanan County (VA)
- Big Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Clintwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Omaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Tarpon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Clinchco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Haysi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <1>
- Nora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Aily
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Herald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Bucu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Darnell Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russell County (VA)
- Dante
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Haddonfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Almira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Pound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Esserville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Blackwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Osaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Kent Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Appalachia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coeburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Right Fork of Long Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Right Fork of Long Fork.
Cemeteries Near Right Fork of Long Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Right Fork of Long Fork.
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 Right Fork of Long Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Right Fork of Long Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Fleming Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amil Little Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemphill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stiltner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Osborne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tackett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (643 more) ...
- McRoberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sowards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Right Fork of Long Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Right Fork of Long Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Right Fork of Long Fork, with the one closest to Right Fork of Long Fork listed first.
- Deane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Beefhide
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beefhide is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
- Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hall is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Dorton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Craftsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Millstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Sergent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Raven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Pine Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Smoot Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Pound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Robinson Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- McDowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(12 miles [19.3 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 Right Fork of Long Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Right Fork of Long Fork.
Newspapers Published in Right Fork of Long Fork ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Right Fork of Long Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Right Fork of Long Fork, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Right Fork of Long Fork.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Right Fork of Long Fork:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Russell County
- Wise 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 Right Fork of Long Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Right Fork of Long Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |