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 Trace (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 Trace. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Trace is located in Boyd 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 Boyd County: Carter, Greenup, Lawrence, Lawrence (OH) & Wayne (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Trace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trace:
- Boyd County (The home county of Trace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Mavity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
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- Rush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
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- Princess
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
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- Boltsfork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
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- Big Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Boyd County
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- Durbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durbin is located in Boyd County
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- Lockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Boyd County
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- Catlettsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County
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- Cliffside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffside is located in Boyd County
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- Normal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Normal is located in Boyd County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denton is located in Carter County
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- Jeriel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jeriel is located in Carter County
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- Mount Savage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Savage is located in Carter County
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- Grayson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hitchins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hitchins is located in Carter County
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- Pactolus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County
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- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Carter County
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- Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Carter County
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- Beetle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beetle is located in Carter County
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- Kehoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Bruin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ault
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Ridge
- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Hunnewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunnewell is located in Greenup County
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- Bellefonte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Danleyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Danleyton is located in Greenup County
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- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Argillite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Russell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Raceland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Worthington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
- Wurtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wurtland is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Greenup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Warnock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Keaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Flatgap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
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- Lowmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lowmansville is located in Johnson County
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- Redbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Bolton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Lawrence County
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- Estep ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Estep is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Lizzie ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lizzie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Buchanan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Goldie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Goldie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldie
- Vessie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vessie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vessie
- Cadmus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cadmus is located in Lawrence County
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- Fallsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fallsburg is located in Lawrence County
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- Keturah ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keturah is located in Lawrence County
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- Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Tuscola ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tuscola is located in Lawrence County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Emerson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
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- Firebrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County
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- Garrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Morgan County
- Crockett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Gallia County (OH)
- Crown City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crown City is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Lawrence County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- South Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Sheridan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Coal Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Sybene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sybene is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Ironton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hanging Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Chesapeake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kitts Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kitts Hill is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Andis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Andis is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Scioto County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Haverhill Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haverhill Station is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill Station
- Franklin Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Powellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Powellsville is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Garden City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Wheelersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sciotodale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sciotodale is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotodale
- Slocum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Cabell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Hodges
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hodges is located in Cabell County (WV)
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- Huntington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reid
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Reid is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid
- Guyandotte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guyandotte is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyandotte
- Melissa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melissa is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Pea Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Barboursville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sarah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sarah is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Salt Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fudges Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Ona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- West Hamlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Lincoln County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Wayne County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Kenova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ceredo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Creek is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Creek
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Hubbardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardstown is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardstown
- Echo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Echo is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Fort Gay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Wayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Effie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Effie is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Armilda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- East Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trace, see our County-by-County Page for Trace.
Cemeteries Near Trace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trace.
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 Trace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Couns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McGlowthen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- John Eastham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Eastham Cemetery
- The John Eastham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rucker - Eastham Family Cemetery
- Trace Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prichard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hogan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hazlett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stevens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (851 more) ...
- Prichard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton 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 Trace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trace, with the one closest to Trace listed first.
- Mavity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mavity is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavity
- Coalton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Rush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Princess
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princess
- Boltsfork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltsfork
- Cannonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Music
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Music is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Meads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meads is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads
- Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Savage Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Savage Branch is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Branch
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denton is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Buchanan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Lockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trace.
Newspapers Published in Trace ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trace, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Trace:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Boyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Greenup County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Morgan County
- Gallia County
- Lawrence County
- Scioto County
- Cabell County
- Lincoln County
- Wayne 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 Trace, 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' (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- Trace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |