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 Totz (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 Totz. 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 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.
Totz is located in Harlan 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 Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Totz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Totz:
Harlan County (The home county of Totz)
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Louellen (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Louellen is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen Closplint (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Closplint is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint Chad (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Chad is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad Big Laurel (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Short Town (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Short Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town Dizney (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Dizney is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney Kenvir (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Kenvir is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir Bailey Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek Darkmont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Darkmont is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont Putney (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Redbud (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Redbud is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Cumberland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Draper (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Draper is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Beverly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Stoney Fork (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Callaway (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Kettle Island (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Rella (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Jenson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Varilla (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Arjay (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Ashers Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Big Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Brightshade (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Knott County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Sassafras (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Redfox (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Redfox is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox Littcarr (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Littcarr is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr Fisty (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Pine Top (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Pine Top is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top Carrie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Emmalena (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Hindman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Leburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Tina (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Garner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Garner is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Pippa Passes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pippa Passes is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Yeaddiss (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Cutshin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Chappell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Smilax (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Helton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Mozelle (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Asher (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Hoskinston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Wendover (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Wooton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Essie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Gordon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Partridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Flint (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hallie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Roxana (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Blackey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Blackey is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
Hot Spot (16 miles [25.7 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 Letcher (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Letcher is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher Uz (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Uz is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz Jeremiah (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Oven Fork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Delphia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Viper (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper Happy (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Happy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Scuddy (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Jeff (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Vicco (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Acup is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acup Hazard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Avawam (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Combs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Bonnyman (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Willis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Kyles Ford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Sneedville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Alanthus Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Hawkins County (TN)
Eidson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Saint Charles (10 miles [16.1 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
Rawhide (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide Pennington Gap (13 miles [20.9 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
Darnell Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town Keokee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Keokee is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee Ely (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Dryden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Fleenortown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Hubbard Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Jonesville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Stickleyville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville Blackwater (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Van (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Norton City (VA)
Norton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Duffield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Clinchport (27 miles [43.5 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
Lano (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lano is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Exeter (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Osaka (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka Appalachia (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Big Stone Gap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap Kent Junction (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction Blackwood (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Esserville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Esserville is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville Hamilton town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town Wise (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Almira (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Almira is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Totz, see our County-by-County Page for Totz .
Cemeteries Near Totz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Totz.
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 Totz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Totz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Lewis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Robbins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cornett Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Lewis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Smith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kelly Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Riddle Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Camp Branch Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Nolan Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Kelly Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Middleton Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Cemetery The Middleton Cemetery has also been known as:
George Middleton Cemetery Pounding Mill Cemetery Tomlinson Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2541074 <2>
Hall Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (679 more) ...
Kelly Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Clover Fork Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Howard Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Totz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Totz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Totz, with the one closest to Totz listed first.
Evarts (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Linefork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Partridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Cutshin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Baxter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Harlan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Kings Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Ely (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Roxana (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Dryden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Indian Bottom (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom Helton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Continue List (16 more) ...
Hubbard Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Olinger (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Olinger is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Viper (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Viper is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Totz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Totz .
Newspapers Published in Totz ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Totz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Totz, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Totz.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Totz:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knott County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Norton City Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Totz. 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. 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 . 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 Totz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Totz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.