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 Sugar Hill (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 Sugar Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Sugar Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Sugarhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sugar Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugar Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Casey, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Rockcastle, Russell & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Sugar Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sugar Hill:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Sugar Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Grundy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dabney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Somerset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Shopville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shopville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Ferguson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Science Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dykes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Northfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
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- Acorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Whetstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Ansel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ansel is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Pellyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pellyton is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton
- Barnett Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barnett Springs is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs
- Sano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sano is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Bethelridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethelridge is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge
- Ware
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ware is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Mintonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mintonville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville
- Argyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilpin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilpin is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Evona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Evona is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Cantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cantown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown
- Middleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Yosemite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Labascus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Labascus is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus
- Teddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Teddy is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy
- Phil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Phil is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil
- Garrard County
- Cartersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cartersville is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Jackson County
- Peoples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples
- Knox County
- North Corbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Bernstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
- Keavy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- East Bernstadt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dorthae
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Sublimity City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- Hopewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lily
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Maplesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Greenmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenmount is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Waynesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
- Broughtentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown
- Dog Walk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk
- Kings Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Ottenheim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim
- Turkeytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- South Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Sugar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- New Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Crab Orchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Halls Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wiborg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Marshes Siding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Whitley City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smith Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stearns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Revelo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Rockcastle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Hansford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hansford is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
- Ottawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Mount Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brodhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gum Sulphur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur
- Renfro Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mullins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mullins is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
- Orlando
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orlando is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Wildie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wildie is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie
- Conway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conway is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Climax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Disputanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Russell Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Frazer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Mill Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Rankin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Ritner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Sumpter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Corbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sugar Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sugar Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sugar Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sugar Hill.
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 Sugar Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sugar Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Soul Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bradley Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Chapel Cemetery
- The Bradley Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bradley Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dollens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeney's Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vaught Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sowder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hubble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cundiff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (560 more) ...
- Vaught Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heron 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sugar Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sugar Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sugar Hill, with the one closest to Sugar Hill listed first.
- Grundy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grundy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
- Somerset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dabney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Shopville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shopville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
- Norwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Elihu
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elihu is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elihu
- Science Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Oak is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Oak
- Dykes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Pulaski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Oil Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oil Center is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Estesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Estesburg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estesburg
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Ansel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ansel is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sugar Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sugar Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sugar Hill ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugar Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sugar Hill, 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 Sugar Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sugar Hill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Casey County
- Garrard County
- Jackson County
- Knox County
- Laurel County
- Lincoln County
- McCreary County
- Rockcastle County
- Russell County
- Wayne County
- Whitley 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> | 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 Sugar Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sugar Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |