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 Tannery (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 Tannery. 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.
Tannery is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Carter, Fleming, Greenup, Mason, Rowan, Adams (OH) & Scioto (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Tannery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tannery:
- Lewis County (The home county of Tannery)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Garrison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
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- Camp Dix
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
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- Vanceburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
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- Charters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
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- Firebrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County
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- Emerson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Lewis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Burtonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County
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- Tollesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pence is located in Lewis County
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- Boyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Princess
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
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- Rush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
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- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County
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- Millseat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millseat is located in Boyd County
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- Westwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Smiths Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
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- Boone Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
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- Carter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carter is located in Carter County
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- Wesleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
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- Kehoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
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- Smoky Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Pactolus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Gimlet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Ault
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Bruin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Ryan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Foxport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Pleasureville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasureville is located in Fleming County
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- Wallingford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Mount Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Fleming County
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- Plummers Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Dalesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dalesburg is located in Fleming County
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- Poplar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fleming County
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- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Flemingsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenup County
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- Tygarts Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Warnock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Lynn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- South Portsmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County
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- Frost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County
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- Grays Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County
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- Hopewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Greenup
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Argillite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Rectorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County
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- Springdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Mason County
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- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weedonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weedonia is located in Mason County
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- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Mason County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Haldeman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Elliottville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
- Morehead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Minor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Brady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Clearfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Adams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Rome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Squirrel Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Blue Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lynx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynx is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Wrightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Moore ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County (OH)
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- West Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Dunkinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County (OH)
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- Brown County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Ellsberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County (OH)
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- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Slickaway is located in Brown County (OH)
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- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Rome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Hanging Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Ironton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Pedro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Pike County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Camp is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Coopersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Wetmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County (OH)
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- Scioto County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Pond Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Portsmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County (OH)
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- Lombardsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Franklin Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Arion is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Rosemount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Haverhill Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Haverhill Station is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill Station
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Summit County (OH)
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Summit County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tannery, see our County-by-County Page for Tannery.
Cemeteries Near Tannery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tannery.
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 Tannery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tannery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Matty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maddy Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Witten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Christy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGinnis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bruce Family Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brightman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (793 more) ...
- Waring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tannery had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tannery, with the one closest to Tannery listed first.
- Rugless
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rugless is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugless
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garrison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Smiths Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Pond Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Wesleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Tygarts Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Smoky Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Crum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crum is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tannery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tannery.
Newspapers Published in Tannery ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tannery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tannery, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tannery.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tannery:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyd County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Mason County
- Rowan County
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tannery, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tannery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |