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 Trent (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 Trent. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Trent is located in Wolfe 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 Wolfe County : Breathitt , Lee , Magoffin , Menifee , Morgan & Powell .
Below are the counties that are near Trent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trent:
Wolfe County (The home county of Trent)
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Toliver (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver Hazel Green (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Lexie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Valeria (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Valeria is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria Campton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Helechawa (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa Lee City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Bethany (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Mary (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Pine Ridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Belknap (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Rogers (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Bath County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Suddith (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Suddith is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suddith Pine Grove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Pine Grove is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Black Sulpher Spring (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Little Slate Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek Mill Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Mill Creek is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Midland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Midland is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Salt Lick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Olympia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Olympia is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia Preston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Preston is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Peeled Oak (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Peeled Oak is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak Peasticks (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Peasticks is located in Bath County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks Owingsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Vancleve (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Rock Lick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick Taulbee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Taulbee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Frozen Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Wolverine (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Bays (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bays is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays Chenowee (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Jackson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oakdale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Copebranch (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Quicksand (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Rousseau (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Rousseau is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau Elliott County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
The Ridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
The Ridge is located in Elliott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Ridge Bell City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bell City is located in Elliott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City Sandy Hook (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Isonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Isonville is located in Elliott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isonville Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Furnace (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Miller's Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Ravenna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Irvine (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wagersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Lynch Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Oil Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Oil Springs is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs Redbush (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Redbush is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush Asa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Asa is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa Fuget (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Fuget is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuget Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Williba (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Vada (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Zachariah (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Fincastle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Zoe (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Primrose (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Athol (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Saint Helens (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Tallega (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Beattyville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Lone (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Heidelberg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Netty (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Ova (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Edna (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Edna is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Elsie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Elsie is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie Cisco (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Cisco is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Hendricks (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hendricks is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Logville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Logville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville Maggard (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Maggard is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggard Lakeville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Salyersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Flat Fork (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Fork Lacey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lacey is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Menifee County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Wellington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Denniston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Denniston is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston Korea (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Korea is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea Mariba (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Mariba is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba Frenchburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Rothwell (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Rothwell is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell Sudith (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Sudith is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudith Means (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Means is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Hope (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hope is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Jeffersonville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Village Camargo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Camargo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
Levee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Levee is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Maytown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Mize (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Ezel (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ezel is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Grassy Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Cannel City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Ebon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Ebon is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon Malone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Malone is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone West Liberty (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Yocum (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Yocum is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum Wrigley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Wrigley is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Dingus (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Dingus is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Elkfork (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Elkfork is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Lerose (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Booneville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Ricetown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Southfork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Vincent (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Travellers Rest (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Sebastian (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Stacy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Buckhorn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Chavies (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Gays Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Slade (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Barker Branch (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Upper Cane (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Upper Cane is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane Cat Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Rosslyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Knowlton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Pecks Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek North Bend (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Hatton Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek Stanton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Morris Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Morris Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Mount Hope (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mount Hope is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Clearfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Clearfield is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield Farmers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Farmers is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Lakeview Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
Brady (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Brady is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Minor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Minor is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Morehead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Elliottville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Elliottville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trent, see our County-by-County Page for Trent .
Cemeteries Near Trent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trent.
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 Trent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Brewer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Centers - Rose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cash Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Clark Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brewer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Chambers Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Murphy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Tackett - Wells Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Taylor Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Rose Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery The Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
Nosy John Rose Cemetery Gibbs Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Murphy Fork Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (860 more) ...
Patrick Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Stamper Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Day Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Trent in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trent.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
Stillwater (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Stillwater is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Hazel Green (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Daysboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Daysboro is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysboro Campton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Gillmore (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Gillmore is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillmore Maytown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Sellars (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Sellars is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellars Paxton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Paxton is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Lee City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Pomeroyton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pomeroyton is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroyton Mize (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Ezel (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ezel is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Continue List (13 more) ...
Grassy Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Wellington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Bonny (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bonny is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trent .
Newspapers Published in Trent ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trent, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Trent.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Trent:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Wolfe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bath County Breathitt County Elliott County Estill County Johnson County Lee County Magoffin County Menifee County Montgomery County Morgan County Owsley County Perry County Powell County Rowan County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trent. 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 Trent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Trent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.