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 Waltz (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 Waltz. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 west 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.
Waltz is located in Rowan 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 Rowan County: Bath, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Lewis, Menifee & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Waltz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waltz:
- Rowan County (The home county of Waltz)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Haldeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Clearfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Elliottville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Farmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Minor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Midland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Wyoming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakla is located in Bath County
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- Peasticks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Pebble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pebble is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- East Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Fork is located in Bath County
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- South Sherburne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Sherburne is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owingsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Soldier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Jacobs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
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- Smoky Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wesleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Counts Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Mountain Top
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Smiths Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Carter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carter is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Boone Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Ault
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Ibex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isonville
- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Ryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Plummers Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
- Farmville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Wallingford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Grange City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Foxport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Sunset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
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- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Tygarts Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Greenup County
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- Warnock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Hopewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Emerson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Camp Dix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
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- Burtonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County
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- Charters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
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- Tollesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vanceburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cottageville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
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- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Lewis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Pence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Lewis County
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- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Rectorville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County
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- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Mason County
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- Weedonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weedonia is located in Mason County
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- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Mason County
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- Mays Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Mason County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Sudith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Mariba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Spencer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Judy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Wrigley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crockett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Moorefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Nicholas County
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- Adams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grimes is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Squirrel Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wrightsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wrightsville is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Bradysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradysville is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradysville
- Bradysville has also been known as:
- Centerville
- Centreville
- Brown County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsberry
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slickaway is located in Brown County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickaway
- Lawrence County (OH)
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Scioto County (OH)
- Pond Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Summit County (OH)
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Manchester is located in Summit County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waltz, see our County-by-County Page for Waltz.
Cemeteries Near Waltz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waltz.
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 Waltz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waltz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Molton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Anderson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Whisman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whisman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maddox - Hamm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Humphries Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery Five
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton - White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (745 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Estep Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Waltz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waltz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waltz, with the one closest to Waltz listed first.
- Triplett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triplett is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Ryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Muses Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
- Plummers Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
- Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Rodburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rodburn is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodburn
- Soldier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Petersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Morehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crum is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum
- Brady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wallingford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grange City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waltz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waltz.
Newspapers Published in Waltz ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waltz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waltz, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waltz.
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 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 Waltz:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Rowan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Lewis County
- Mason County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Lawrence County
- Scioto County
- Summit 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 Waltz, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waltz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |