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 Smith (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 Smith. 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.
Smith is located in Harlan 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 Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Smith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith:
Harlan County (The home county of Smith)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Bobs Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Cawood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cawood is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood Cranks (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Cranks is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks Mary Alice (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Twila (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Twila is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila Ages (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ages is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages Coxton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Verda (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Verda is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda Harlan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Draper (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Draper is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Evarts (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Baxter (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Stoney Fork (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Callaway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Varilla (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Kettle Island (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Beverly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Calvin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Jenson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Arjay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Rella (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Straight Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Ashers Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Scalf (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Dewitt (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Flat Lick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Helton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Warbranch (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Chappell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Mozelle (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Asher (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Yeaddiss (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Cutshin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Hoskinston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Essie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Roark (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Stinnett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Smilax (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Gordon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Flint (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Partridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Hallie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Delphia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Shawanee (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Caney Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Cumberland Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Harrogate (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Tazewell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Raven Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Springdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Minton Mill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
New Tazewell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Head of Barren (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Lone Mountain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain Grainger County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Bean Station (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Thorn Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Beans (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Beans is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Wyatt Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Bowen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Bowen is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Marshalls Ferry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Alanthus Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Sneedville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Trent Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Kyles Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Willis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Duck Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Xenophon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Yount Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Eidson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Galbraith Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Mooresburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rogersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Red Bridge Ferry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Amis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Amis is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Surgoinsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Greenland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Kepler (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Persia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Persia is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Hubbard Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Fleenortown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Rose Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jonesville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Van (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ewing (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Pennington Gap (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Saint Charles (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Blackwater (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Ely (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Dryden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Wheeler (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Duffield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Clinchport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Kermit (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Kermit is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Exeter (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Big Stone Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Appalachia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Osaka (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka East Stone Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith, see our County-by-County Page for Smith .
Cemeteries Near Smith ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith.
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 Smith - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Ingle Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Pope Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Fee Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Lucas Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Howard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Slack Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Old Mose Middleton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
King Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Thomas Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Fee Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wyrick Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Cedar Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (897 more) ...
Wash Smith Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Cawood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Field Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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 Smith in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith, with the one closest to Smith listed first.
Hagan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Hubbard Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Boons Path (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Rose Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Creech (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Jonesville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Harlan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Baxter (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Evarts (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Van (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wallins Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Ewing (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Alanthus Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Blackwater (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Sneedville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith .
Newspapers Published in Smith ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Smith.
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 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 Smith:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knox County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Claiborne County Grainger County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smith. 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 Smith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.