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 Talbert (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 Talbert. 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 and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Talbert is located in Breathitt County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Breathitt County: Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Talbert. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Talbert:
- Breathitt County (The home county of Talbert)
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Whick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Copebranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Jetts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Chenowee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quicksand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Oneida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Clay County
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- Teges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Teges is located in Clay County
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- Barcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barcreek is located in Clay County
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- Eriline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eriline is located in Clay County
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- Big Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
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- Sextons Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
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- Laurel Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Creek is located in Clay County
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- Fall Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
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- Burning Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
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- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garrard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
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- Sidell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sidell is located in Clay County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Lynch Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Tyner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
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- Gray Hawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County
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- Annville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foxtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foxtown is located in Jackson County
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- McKee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Fisty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Carrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Vest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hindman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sassafras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Garner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Athol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Lone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Primrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fincastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Idamay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Confluence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Sizerock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
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- Thousandsticks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
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- Bear Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
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- Hyden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wooton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Wendover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Smilax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Essie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Netty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Ova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
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- Hendricks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Royalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
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- Sublett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Gunlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Edna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
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- Elsie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
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- Gapville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Cannel City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Lerose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Ricetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
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- Mistletoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
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- Sebastian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
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- Southfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pebworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Island City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
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- Vincent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Travellers Rest
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Buckhorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gays Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
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- Chavies
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
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- Krypton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
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- Saul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saul is located in Perry County
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- Dice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dice is located in Perry County
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- Stacy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
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- Busy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Busy is located in Perry County
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- Butterfly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
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- Yerkes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yerkes is located in Perry County
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- Bonnyman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
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- Avawam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Barker Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Branch is located in Powell County
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- South Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Powell County
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- Slade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Bethany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Lexie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Campton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lee City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Belknap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Rogers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
- Valeria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Talbert, see our County-by-County Page for Talbert.
Cemeteries Near Talbert ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Talbert.
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 Talbert - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Talbert covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Herald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Butterpoint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Callahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Griffith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spicer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Callahan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Figured Beech Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spicer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (545 more) ...
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stamper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Talbert in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Talbert.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Talbert, with the one closest to Talbert listed first.
- Crockettsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crockettsville is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville
- Shoulderblade
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- Gays Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
- Chavies
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Copebranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch
- Jetts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Lost Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Chenowee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee
- Quicksand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elkatawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkatawa is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkatawa
- Sebastian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ned
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ned is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
- Athol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Athol is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Eversole
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eversole is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Talbert. See our List of 1890's Communities around Talbert.
Newspapers Published in Talbert ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Talbert.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Talbert, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Talbert.
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 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 Talbert:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breathitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Estill County
- Jackson County
- Knott County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Morgan County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Powell County
- Wolfe 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 Talbert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Talbert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |