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 Savoy (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 Savoy. 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.
Savoy is located in Whitley County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whitley County : Bell , Knox , Laurel , McCreary , Campbell (TN) & Claiborne (TN) .
Below are the counties that are near Savoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Savoy:
Whitley County (The home county of Savoy)
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Williamsburg (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Emlyn (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Emlyn is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Liberty (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pleasant View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Verne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Verne is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Nevisdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nevisdale is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Saxton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Packard (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Packard is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Louden (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Rockholds (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Red Ash (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Ayers (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ayers is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Fairview (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Fairview is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Frakes (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Frakes is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes Pearl (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Pearl is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Fonde (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fonde is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde Pruden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Capito (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Capito is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito Ingram (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Edgewood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Edgewood is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Yellow Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Fourmile (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Premier (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Premier is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Stony Fork Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction Middlesboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Pineville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Bryants Store (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store North Corbin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Warren (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Wheeler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Wheeler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Barbourville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Gray (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Trosper (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Artemus (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Bimble (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Cannon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Flat Lick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Girdler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Dorthae (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Hopewell (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Keavy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Lily (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Sublimity City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City London (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Lake (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Marydell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bernstadt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Maplesville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Pittsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Bush (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush McCreary County
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Strunk (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Strunk is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk Pine Knot (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding Revelo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Revelo is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo Stearns (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Whitley City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Smith Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Smith Town is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town Wiborg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Wiborg is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg Barthell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Barthell is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell Greenwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenwood is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Blue Heron (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Blue Heron is located in McCreary County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Alpine (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Alpine is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Mount Victory (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Sloans Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley Northfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Northfield is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Dykes (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Tateville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Tateville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville Whetstone (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Acorn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Burnside (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wayne County
Ritner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ritner is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner Campbell County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Jellico (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Morley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Morley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley White Oak (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Habersham (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham Elk Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
Stanfill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill Fincastle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Fincastle is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
Stockville ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Stockville is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville LaFollette (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
LaFollette is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
LaFollette has also been known as:
Big Creek Gap Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
Victory (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Victory is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Flat Hollow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow Boy ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Boy is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Jacksboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Clairfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Hamlin Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town Pruden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden Speedwell (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Cumberland Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Minton Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
Harrogate (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Shawanee (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Scott County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Isham (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Isham is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham State Line (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
State Line is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Winfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Foster Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads Oneida (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
West Oneida (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida Straight Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Straight Fork is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork Verdun (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Verdun is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun Huntsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Winona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Winona is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Helenwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Norma (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Norma is located in Scott County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
Union County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Braden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Braden is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
Long Hollow ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Long Hollow is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Phebe ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Phebe is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Rhodelia ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Rhodelia is located in Union County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Savoy, see our County-by-County Page for Savoy .
Cemeteries Near Savoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Savoy.
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 Savoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Savoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Briar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Whitley County Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Highland Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Rains Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Stanfill - Oaklawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Whitley Memorial Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Perkins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Watson - Lawson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Powers Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Tuggle Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Steely Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Thomas Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (718 more) ...
Canada Town Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Ryan Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Sutton Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Savoy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Savoy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Savoy, with the one closest to Savoy listed first.
Williamsburg (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Pleasant View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Saxton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Saxton is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton Red Ash (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Ash is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash Rockholds (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Jellico (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Lot (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Lot is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot Youngs Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek Carpenter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Carpenter is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Newcomb (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Newcomb is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb Bryants Store (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bryants Store is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store Woodbine (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Continue List (14 more) ...
Corbin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Clairfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield Elk Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Savoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Savoy .
Newspapers Published in Savoy ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Savoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Savoy, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Savoy.
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 Savoy:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Whitley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Knox County Laurel County McCreary County Pulaski County Wayne County Campbell County Claiborne County Scott County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Savoy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Savoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Savoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.