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 Sawyer (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 Sawyer. 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 and hospitals 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.
Sawyer is located in McCreary 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 McCreary County: Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Sawyer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sawyer:
- McCreary County (The home county of Sawyer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wiborg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Marshes Siding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Whitley City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stearns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Revelo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Smith Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Pine Knot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Strunk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Pearl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frakes is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- North Corbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Gray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barbourville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Crane Nest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest
- Heidrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick
- Cannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Artemus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Bimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Girdler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
- Hinkle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Trosper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trosper is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Keavy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Dorthae
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lily
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Bernstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
- Sublimity City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- East Bernstadt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maplesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Marydell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
- Bush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bush is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Mount Victory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Northfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Dykes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Whetstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Tateville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Burnside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Acorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Bronston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ferguson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Grundy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Rockcastle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Hansford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Ritner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Frazer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Mill Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Parmleysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Rankin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sumpter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Mount Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rockholds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Corbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Williamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emlyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Ayers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Louden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Louden is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Verne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Nevisdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Packard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Saxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Jellico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Morley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Stanfill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Isham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Oneida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Verdun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sawyer, see our County-by-County Page for Sawyer.
Cemeteries Near Sawyer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sawyer.
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 Sawyer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sawyer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marlar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridener Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickenbottom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Youngs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Rock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bald Rock Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of London.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72951 <2>
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (648 more) ...
- Roper Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Garrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Sawyer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sawyer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
- Youngs Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Baldrock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baldrock is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldrock
- Vox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vox is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vox
- Sloans Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Dykes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Keavy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Rockholds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Tateville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Woodbine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Corbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Burnside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elihu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elihu is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elihu
- Bronston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sawyer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sawyer.
Newspapers Published in Sawyer ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sawyer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sawyer, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sawyer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Sawyer:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCreary County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Pulaski County
- Rockcastle County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Scott 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' (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- Sawyer) 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 Sawyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |