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 Sewell (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 Sewell. 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.
Sewell is located in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County: Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Sewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sewell:
- Breathitt County (The home county of Sewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Vancleve
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Quicksand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Bays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
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- Chenowee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
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- Rousseau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Breathitt County
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- Copebranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Bath County
- Suddith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Teges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Oneida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Clay County
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- Barcreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barcreek is located in Clay County
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- Sextons Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Ravenna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wagersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- David
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- David is located in Floyd County
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- Goodloe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goodloe is located in Floyd County
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- Blue River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blue River is located in Floyd County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Oil Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
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- Asa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Fisty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Vest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Williba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Lone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Zoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zachariah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Idamay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Confluence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Sizerock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
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- Thousandsticks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Netty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Sublett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Salyersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
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- Cisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Maggard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maggard is located in Magoffin County
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- Marshallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
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- Logville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville
- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Wellington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Mariba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba
- Frenchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rothwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Means
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Cannel City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Maytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Mize
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ebon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Dingus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dingus is located in Morgan County
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- Wrigley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Lerose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pebworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Ricetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
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- Southfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
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- Sebastian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Vincent
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Mistletoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Travellers Rest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest
- Island City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Stacy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Buckhorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chavies
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
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- Gays Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Krypton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
- Ary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnyman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
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- Busy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Busy is located in Perry County
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- Butterfly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
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- Yerkes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yerkes is located in Perry County
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- Dwarf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan
- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Barker Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch
- Slade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Cat Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek
- Knowlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Upper Cane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane
- Pecks Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek
- Rosslyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn
- Hatton Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek
- North Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Stanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rowan County
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Lexie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Lee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Belknap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Helechawa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
- Hazel Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Campton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toliver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
- Pine Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valeria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sewell, see our County-by-County Page for Sewell.
Cemeteries Near Sewell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sewell.
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 Sewell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Puckett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Day Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Field Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hagins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clear Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haddix Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (637 more) ...
- Shackaford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Sewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sewell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sewell, with the one closest to Sewell listed first.
- Frozen Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Paxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Taulbee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee
- Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elkatawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkatawa is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkatawa
- Rock Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick
- Quicksand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
- Chenowee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee
- Gillmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gillmore is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillmore
- Rousseau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rousseau is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
- Lee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Shoulderblade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
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- Athol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Athol is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Copebranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch
- Lost Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sewell.
Newspapers Published in Sewell ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sewell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sewell, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sewell.
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 Sewell:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breathitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Clay County
- Estill County
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
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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 Sewell, 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- Sewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |