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 Tilford (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 Tilford. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Tilford is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher & Owsley.
Below are the counties that are near Tilford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tilford:
- Perry County (The home county of Tilford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Delphia
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Cornettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Scuddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Happy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vicco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Acup
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Acup is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup
- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avawam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
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- Combs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Combs is located in Perry County
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- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Beverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
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- Stoney Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Ashers Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
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- Big Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Wheelwright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Melvin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Chad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Totz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Closplint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
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- Louellen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Lynch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Laurel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Holmes Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Short Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
- Bailey Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Darkmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Sassafras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Redfox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Pine Top
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Carrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Emmalena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena
- Fisty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty
- Hindman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Pippa Passes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Smilax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Chappell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Wooton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Wendover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Asher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
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- Helton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Mozelle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Stinnett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Hyden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Gordon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hallie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Linefork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Flint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Blackey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Roxana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Partridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
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- Letcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
- Hot Spot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Uz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (TN)
- Willis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willis is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Darnell Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Saint Charles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dryden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Ely
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Fleenortown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Hubbard Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Jonesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Blackwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Duffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Clinchport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Osaka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Exeter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Appalachia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Blackwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- East Stone Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Almira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Esserville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Haddonfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Hamilton town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Pound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tilford, see our County-by-County Page for Tilford.
Cemeteries Near Tilford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilford.
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 Tilford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tilford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riddle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clover Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornetts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Creech Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Israel Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (650 more) ...
- Robbins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Isom Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Tilford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tilford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tilford, with the one closest to Tilford listed first.
- Linefork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Kings Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Roxana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Indian Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Partridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Cutshin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Jeremiah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evarts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oven Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Whitesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Smoot Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tilford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tilford.
Newspapers Published in Tilford ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tilford, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tilford.
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 Tilford:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Clay County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Letcher County
- Hancock County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Scott County
- Wise 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 Tilford, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tilford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |