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 Road 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 Road 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.
Name Variations for Road Fork ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Road Fork: Road Frk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Road Fork. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Road Fork.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Road 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 Road Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Road Fork:
- Pike County (The home county of Road Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Forest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Belfry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hardy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hardy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Toler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Toler is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler
- South Williamson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Huddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huddy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Sidney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McAndrews
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Pinsonfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Buskirk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Betsy Layne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Stanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tram is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram
- Osborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Ivel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
- Galveston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Banner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Blue Moon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Butcher Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow
- Meally
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally
- Nero
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Williamsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Van Lear
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thelma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thelma is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- East Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Van Lear
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear
- Tutor Key
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tutor Key is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key
- Hagerhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill
- Collista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Patrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Peach Orchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Clifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Richardson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Ben Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow
- Maynard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ulysses is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Pilgrim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Lovely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Warfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beauty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Hode
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Debord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Inez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Kelsa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Big Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Grundy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Matney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Vansant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson Flats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Dickenson County (VA)
- Haysi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Boone County (WV)
- Manila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manila is located in Boone County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Lincoln County (WV)
- Harts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Logan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Stirrat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Holden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holden is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Omar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Troy Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Whitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Thompson Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Wilkinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whirlwind
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Man
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Man is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <1>
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Wyoming City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City
- Panther
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Iaeger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Jackson Flats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Williamson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chattaroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Sprigg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Blackberry City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Matewan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Delbarton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Jacket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Thacker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Myrtle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Musick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Pie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pie is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Kermit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Stonecoal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Wilsondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Doane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Doane is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Dunlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Wyoming County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Cub City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
- Uno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uno is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Road Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Road Fork.
Cemeteries Near Road Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Road 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 Road Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Road Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Murphy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Runyon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Black Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mountain View Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Varney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williamson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McCoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (666 more) ...
- Estep Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- W J May Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Road Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Road Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Road Fork, with the one closest to Road Fork listed first.
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pinsonfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Rural
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Kimper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Phelps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Jamboree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jamboree is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
- Pilgrim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Gulnare
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare
- Fishtrap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Warfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oilville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oilville is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Coal Run Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Pikeville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Road Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Road Fork.
Newspapers Published in Road 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 Road Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Road Fork, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Road Fork.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Road Fork:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Boone County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Road 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Road Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |