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 Ulvah (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 Ulvah. 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 and doctors 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.
Ulvah is located in Letcher 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 Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Ulvah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ulvah:
- Letcher County (The home county of Ulvah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Hallie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blackey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Letcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
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- Roxana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Jeremiah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Linefork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- Uz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Isom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Partridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
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- Bell County
- Beverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Hardshell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Whick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Big Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
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- Eriline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eriline is located in Clay County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Wheelwright
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Melvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
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- Weeksbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hi Hat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
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- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Garrett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
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- Hueysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
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- McDowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Benham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Totz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lynch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Laurel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Closplint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
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- Louellen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
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- Darkmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Holmes Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
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- Short Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
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- Bailey Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
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- Putney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Sassafras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Redfox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Carrie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Emmalena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Fisty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Hindman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Pippa Passes
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Vest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
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- Wooton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Hyden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wendover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chappell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Confluence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Mozelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Asher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Thousandsticks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Cornettsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Scuddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Happy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Vicco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Viper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Acup
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delphia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Avawam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Dorton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Myra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Jonancy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Virgie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Darnell Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Keokee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
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- Ely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(25 miles [40.2 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Hubbard Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Jonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Osaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Exeter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Appalachia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Almira
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Big Stone Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haddonfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blackwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- East Stone Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Wise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Esserville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ulvah, see our County-by-County Page for Ulvah.
Cemeteries Near Ulvah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulvah.
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 Ulvah - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ulvah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dickson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Whitaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Fork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Mill Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Cornett Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Caudill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornetts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ulvah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ulvah.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ulvah, with the one closest to Ulvah listed first.
- Indian Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Roxana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Sassafras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Viper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Jeremiah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Linefork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Smoot Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Cutshin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Partridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Hazard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pine Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Dwarf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
- 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ulvah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ulvah.
Newspapers Published in Ulvah ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulvah.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ulvah, 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 Ulvah.
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 Ulvah:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Breathitt County
- Clay County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ulvah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Ulvah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |