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 Wagoner (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 Wagoner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Wagoner 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 Wagoner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagoner:
- Pike County (The home county of Wagoner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Blair Town
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blair Town is located in Pike County
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- Owsley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Owsley is located in Pike County
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- Coal Run Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Raccoon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Raccoon is located in Pike County
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- Gulnare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
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- Fords Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
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- Shelbiana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shelbiana is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
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- Garden Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
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- Varney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varney is located in Pike County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Betsy Layne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
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- Harold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
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- Stanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tram
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tram is located in Floyd County
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- Grethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
- Ivel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Galveston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Blue Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
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- Dana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
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- Teaberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Banner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Nero
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
- Butcher Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow
- East Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Van Lear
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meally
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally
- Williamsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsport is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Hagerhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill
- West Van Lear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear
- Collista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
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- Denver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Thelma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thelma is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Paintsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Asa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Asa is located in Johnson County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Raven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
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- Mousie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie
- Kite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Pippa Passes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Garner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Leburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Top
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Hindman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tina is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Carrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Littcarr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Redfox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Patrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
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- Peach Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Richardson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ulysses is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses
- Ben Bow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow
- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Hemphill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- McRoberts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoberts
- Deane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Burdine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Fleming - Neon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Cromona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
- Jenkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Neon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tolliver Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolliver Town
- Seco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seco is located in Letcher County
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- Whitaker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County
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- Colson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
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- Millstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Gunlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Gapville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Gypsy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Marshallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Ivyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ivyton is located in Magoffin County
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- Royalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Magoffin County
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- Sublett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
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- Painters Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County
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- Falcon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in Magoffin County
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- Lakeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
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- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Debord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
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- Beauty
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
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- Inez
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tomahawk
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
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- Warfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lovely
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lovely is located in Martin County
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- Hode
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hode is located in Martin County
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- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Big Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Kelsa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Clintwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tarpon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Clinchco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haysi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Darwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Haddonfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Almira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Pound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Williamson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chattaroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Sprigg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Blackberry City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Matewan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kermit
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thacker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Greyeagle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Red Jacket
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Delbarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Musick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Wayne County (WV)
- Stonecoal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wagoner, see our County-by-County Page for Wagoner.
Cemeteries Near Wagoner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagoner.
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 Wagoner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wagoner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Blair Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Weddington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marrs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Damron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lee Alley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (614 more) ...
- Upper Joe's Creek Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peggy Sword Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingdom Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Wagoner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wagoner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Coal Run Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zebulon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zebulon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Gulnare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare
- McDowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Robinson Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Minnie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Minnie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
- Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Dwale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dwale is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale
- Alphoretta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alphoretta is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphoretta
- Fishtrap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Langley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Langley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Kimper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Lackey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wagoner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wagoner.
Newspapers Published in Wagoner ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagoner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagoner, 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 Wagoner.
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 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 Wagoner:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lawrence County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Martin County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Wise County
- Mingo 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> | 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 '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- Wagoner) 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 Wagoner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |