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 Symbol (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 Symbol. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Symbol is located in Laurel 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 Laurel County : Clay , Jackson , Knox , McCreary , Pulaski , Rockcastle & Whitley .
Below are the counties that are near Symbol. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Symbol:
Laurel County (The home county of Symbol)
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
East Bernstadt (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Greenmount (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Bernstadt (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Pittsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg London (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Maplesville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Sublimity City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Lily (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Marydell (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Keavy (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Lake (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dorthae (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Bush (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Benge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Larue (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Fogertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Burning Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Urban (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Sidell (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Fall Rock (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Sextons Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Laurel Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Manchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hima (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Garrard (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Teges (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Locust Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Lynch Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Winston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Irvine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ravenna (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Miller's Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Cartersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Lowell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lowell is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Paint Lick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Peoples (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Dabolt (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Annville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Tyner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Sandgap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Waneta (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Kerby Knob (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Foxtown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
North Corbin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Gray (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Crane Nest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Woollum (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Girdler (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Cannon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Heidrick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Hinkle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Idamay (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Turkeytown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown Dog Walk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk Broughtentown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown Crab Orchard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Sugar Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Sugar Grove is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Preachersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Preachersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preachersville Ottenheim (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim Maywood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Maywood is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Waynesburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg Halls Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap Highland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Kings Mountain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Bighill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Duluth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Slate Lick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Slate Lick is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick Berea (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Dreyfus (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Middletown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Middletown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Wallaceton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wallaceton is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton Bobtown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bobtown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown Farristown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Farristown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farristown Kingston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kingston is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Panola (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Whites (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Whites is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Brassfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Island City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Travellers Rest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Southfork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Pebworth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Sebastian (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Ricetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Booneville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Mistletoe (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Acorn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Walnut Grove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Whetstone (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Shopville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Shopville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville Bee Lick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Woodstock (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dykes (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Mount Victory (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Coin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Piney Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Grundy (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Dabney (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Northfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Northfield is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Livingston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mullins (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Orlando (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Mount Vernon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Hansford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Renfro Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wildie (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Climax (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Disputanta (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Brodhead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Conway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Conway is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Ottawa (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Gum Sulphur (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Corbin (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Woodbine (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Rockholds (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Symbol, see our County-by-County Page for Symbol .
Cemeteries Near Symbol ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Symbol.
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 Symbol - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Symbol covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Hacker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Casteel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Nelson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Robinson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Simpson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Andes Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Landrum Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Elza - Swanner Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lear Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (560 more) ...
Snuffer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Litton Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hoskins Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Symbol in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Symbol.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Symbol, with the one closest to Symbol listed first.
Hazel Patch (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hazel Patch is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Patch Oakley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Oakley is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley Peoples (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Livingston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
East Bernstadt (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Greenmount (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Mullins (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Sinks (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Sinks is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Moores Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Moores Creek is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Creek Pine Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pine Hill is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Bernstadt (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Cooksburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Cooksburg is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg Continue List (16 more) ...
Pittsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg McWhorter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
McWhorter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter Annville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Symbol. See our List of 1890's Communities around Symbol .
Newspapers Published in Symbol ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Symbol.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Symbol, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Symbol.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Symbol:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Laurel County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Clay County Estill County Garrard County Jackson County Knox County Lee County Lincoln County Madison County Owsley County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Whitley County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Symbol. 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. 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 Symbol, 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- Symbol) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.