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 Sandy Furnace (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 Sandy Furnace. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Sandy Furnace is located in Boyd 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 Boyd County: Carter, Greenup, Lawrence, Lawrence (OH) & Wayne (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Furnace:
- Boyd County (The home county of Sandy Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Boltsfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
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- Big Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Boyd County
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- Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mavity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
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- Durbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Durbin is located in Boyd County
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- Princess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
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- Cannonsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
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- Lockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood is located in Boyd County
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- Catlettsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Normal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Normal is located in Boyd County
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- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County
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- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cliffside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffside is located in Boyd County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Jeriel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jeriel is located in Carter County
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- Denton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Denton is located in Carter County
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- Mount Savage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Savage is located in Carter County
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- Willard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willard is located in Carter County
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- Hitchins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hitchins is located in Carter County
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- Grayson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beetle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beetle is located in Carter County
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- Pactolus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County
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- Leon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Mountain Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Kehoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Bruin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ault
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Hunnewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hunnewell is located in Greenup County
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- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Danleyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Danleyton is located in Greenup County
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- Argillite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte is located in Greenup County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Flatwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Russell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Raceland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Worthington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Greenup County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
- Wurtland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wurtland is located in Greenup County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Warnock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
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- Greenup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tygarts Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Keaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Flatgap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
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- Lowmansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lowmansville is located in Johnson County
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- Redbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Sitka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sitka is located in Johnson County
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- Whitehouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Johnson County
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- Fuget
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fuget is located in Johnson County
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- Nippa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nippa is located in Johnson County
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- Volga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Volga is located in Johnson County
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- Wittensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wittensville is located in Johnson County
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- Tutor Key
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tutor Key is located in Johnson County
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- Barnetts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Barnetts Creek is located in Johnson County
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- Staffordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Lizzie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lizzie is located in Lawrence County
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- Estep ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Estep is located in Lawrence County
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- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Bolton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Lawrence County
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- Tuscola ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tuscola is located in Lawrence County
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- Vessie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vessie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vessie
- Cadmus ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cadmus is located in Lawrence County
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- Olioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olioville is located in Lawrence County
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- Goldie ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goldie is located in Lawrence County
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- Keturah ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keturah is located in Lawrence County
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- Dennis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Lawrence County
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- Fallsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fallsburg is located in Lawrence County
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- Brammer Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brammer Gap is located in Lawrence County
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- Lewis County
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Magoffin County
- Lacey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
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- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Tomahawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
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- Inez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hode
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hode is located in Martin County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Crockett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Ophir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Dingus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Elliottville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Minor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Haldeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- South Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Sheridan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Sybene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sybene is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Coal Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Ironton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hanging Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Rockwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Kitts Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kitts Hill is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Andis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Andis is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Proctorville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Haverhill Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Haverhill Station is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Franklin Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Powellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Powellsville is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Cabell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Hodges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Huntington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reid is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid
- Guyandotte
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Guyandotte is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyandotte
- Melissa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Cabell County (WV)
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- Pea Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County (WV)
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- Sarah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Barboursville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Lincoln County (WV)
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- West Hamlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Wayne County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Hubbardstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardstown is located in Wayne County (WV)
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- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Fort Gay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Mineral Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Ceredo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kenova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Echo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Wayne County (WV)
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- Buffalo Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Creek is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Creek
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Effie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Effie is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Armilda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- East Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Dunlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County (WV)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Furnace.
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 Sandy Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Leslie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hazlet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clybur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Road Cemetery #1 (?)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Road Cemetery #2 (?)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buckley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jordan Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (899 more) ...
- Coburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye Lane Cemetery (?)
(3 miles [4.8 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 Sandy Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Furnace, with the one closest to Sandy Furnace listed first.
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Boltsfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltsfork
- Vessie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vessie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vessie
- Olioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olioville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olioville
- Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Music
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Music is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fallsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fallsburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
- Denton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Denton is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Webbville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webbville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbville
- Buchanan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buchanan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Mavity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavity
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Savage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Savage is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage
- Willard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willard is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Fullers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Furnace ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Furnace, 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 Sandy Furnace.
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 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 Sandy Furnace:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Boyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Greenup County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Magoffin County
- Martin County
- Morgan County
- Rowan County
- Lawrence County
- Scioto County
- Cabell County
- Lincoln County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
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| <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 Sandy Furnace, 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- Sandy Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |