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 Roxana (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 Roxana. 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.
Roxana is located in Letcher 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 Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Roxana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roxana:
- Letcher County (The home county of Roxana)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Letcher
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Blackey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Uz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Hallie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Isom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Linefork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- West Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
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- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Breathitt County
- Hardshell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Weeksbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
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- Wheelwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wheelwright Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Hi Hat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lackey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
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- Garrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- McDowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Benham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
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- Lynch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Totz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
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- Louellen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
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- Holmes Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
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- Big Laurel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Short Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
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- Bailey Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
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- Darkmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Redfox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Sassafras
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Leburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kite is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Fisty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Smilax
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Wooton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton
- Wendover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chappell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Hyden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Asher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Mozelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
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- Confluence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Cornettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Scuddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Delphia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
- Slemp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Happy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Acup
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Myra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Dorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Virgie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Hellier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Ashcamp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
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- Lookout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
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- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Darwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Clintwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Darnell Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Rawhide
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Saint Charles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dryden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Ely
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Stickleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Fleenortown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Jonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Duffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
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- Fort Blackmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Osaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Appalachia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Kent Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Almira
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Haddonfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Big Stone Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- East Stone Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Esserville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roxana, see our County-by-County Page for Roxana.
Cemeteries Near Roxana ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roxana.
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 Roxana - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roxana covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Isom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
- Whitaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Combs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Mill Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornetts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (670 more) ...
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Solomon Whitaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stephen R. Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Roxana had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roxana, with the one closest to Roxana listed first.
- Indian Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Jeremiah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Linefork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smoot Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Partridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Oven Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Sassafras
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sergent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Millstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Craftsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pine Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Flat Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roxana. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roxana.
Newspapers Published in Roxana ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roxana.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roxana, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roxana.
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 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 Roxana:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breathitt County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Scott 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Roxana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Roxana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |