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 Skyline (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 Skyline. 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 doctors 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.
Skyline is located in Letcher County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Skyline. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skyline:
- Letcher County (The home county of Skyline)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Roxana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Hallie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linefork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Flint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Blackey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Letcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Partridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Breathitt County
- Hardshell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Weeksbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wheelwright Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dema
- Hi Hat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lackey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Garrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Hueysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Benham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Lynch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Totz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Closplint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Louellen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Holmes Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Big Laurel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Short Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
- Bailey Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Darkmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Redfox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Sassafras
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Littcarr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Carrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Hindman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Emmalena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena
- Leburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Fisty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty
- Garner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Kite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss
- Cutshin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Smilax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Wooton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton
- Chappell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Wendover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Hyden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stinnett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Asher
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Mozelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Helton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Cornettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Delphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
- Slemp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
- Happy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Scuddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Acup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
- Bulan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Myra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Dorton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
- Virgie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Darwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Clintwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Darnell Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Saint Charles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dryden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Ely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Stickleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Fleenortown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Jonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Duffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Clinchport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Fort Blackmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Osaka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Exeter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Appalachia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Big Stone Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- East Stone Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Almira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Haddonfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Esserville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skyline, see our County-by-County Page for Skyline.
Cemeteries Near Skyline ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skyline.
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 Skyline - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skyline covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Morgan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cornetts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Isom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dickson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Creech Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Israel Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (691 more) ...
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maggard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Skyline in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skyline.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skyline, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Roxana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Linefork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Indian Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Partridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Jeremiah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oven Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smoot Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Sassafras
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Sergent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Craftsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Pine Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skyline. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skyline.
Newspapers Published in Skyline ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skyline.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skyline, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Skyline.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Skyline:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breathitt County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Scott County
- Wise County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Skyline, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Skyline) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |