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 Upper Dick (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 Upper Dick. 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 doctors 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.
Upper Dick is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Buchanan (VA), Dickenson (VA), Wise (VA) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Upper Dick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Dick:
- Pike County (The home county of Upper Dick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Sidney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huddy is located in Pike County
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- McAndrews
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Stone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Pinsonfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Belfry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Pike County
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- Varney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Varney is located in Pike County
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- Kimper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
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- McVeigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McVeigh is located in Pike County
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- Hardy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Osborn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Betsy Layne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Stanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tram is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram
- Grethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
- Ivel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Galveston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Dana
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Teaberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Banner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Moon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Butcher Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow
- Nero
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
- Meally
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally
- Van Lear
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- West Van Lear
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Hagerhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill
- Thelma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thelma is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Collista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista
- Paintsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Raven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Kite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Mousie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Patrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
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- Peach Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Richardson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Clifford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ulysses is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses
- Letcher County
- Burdine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Pilgrim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
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- Lovely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lovely is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Beauty
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
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- Warfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Debord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hode
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hode is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Inez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
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- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Big Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Kelsa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Grundy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Royal City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Matney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Vansant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leemaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Janey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Paynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Haysi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <1>
- Tarpon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Clinchco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clintwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Logan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Stirrat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Omar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Holden is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Switzer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Troy Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Whitman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Thompson Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Wilkinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whirlwind
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Logan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Man
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Man is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <1>
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Wyoming City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County (WV)
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- Panther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Iaeger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Jackson Flats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Williamson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sprigg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Chattaroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Blackberry City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Matewan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thacker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Delbarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Jacket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Myrtle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Musick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Pie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pie is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie
- Kermit
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayne County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Stonecoal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Wilsondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Doane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Doane is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Dunlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Wyoming County (WV)
- Cub City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cub City is located in Wyoming County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Dick, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Dick.
Cemeteries Near Upper Dick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Dick.
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 Upper Dick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Dick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- W J May Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maynard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (619 more) ...
- Deskins Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Murphy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Upper Dick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Dick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Dick, with the one closest to Upper Dick listed first.
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Pinsonfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Zebulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rural is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Fishtrap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Phelps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gulnare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare
- Coal Run Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Jamboree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jamboree is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mouthcard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Thomas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Pilgrim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Dick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Dick.
Newspapers Published in Upper Dick ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Dick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Dick, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Dick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Upper Dick:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lawrence County
- Letcher County
- Martin County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Upper Dick, 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- Upper Dick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |