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 Whoopflarea (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 Whoopflarea. 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 hospitals 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.
Whoopflarea is located in Owsley 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 Owsley County : Breathitt , Clay , Jackson & Lee .
Below are the counties that are near Whoopflarea. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whoopflarea:
Owsley County (The home county of Whoopflarea)
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Mistletoe (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Sebastian (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Ricetown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Southfork (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Island City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Lerose (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Booneville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Travellers Rest (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Pebworth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Bell County
Beverly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Whick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Jetts Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Copebranch (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Chenowee (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Oakdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Clayhole (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Lost Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Flintville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Flintville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville Kragon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Hardshell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Hardshell is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Jackson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Quicksand (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Oneida (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Teges (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Barcreek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Eriline (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Big Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Laurel Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Sextons Creek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Fall Rock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Manchester (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Burning Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Garrard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Goose Rock (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Lynch Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Bledsoe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bledsoe is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Big Laurel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Big Laurel is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Tyner (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Annville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Dabolt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt McKee (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Peoples (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Foxtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Waneta (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Knott County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Fisty (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fisty is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisty Emmalena (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Emmalena is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalena Sassafras (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Carrie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Carrie is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie Tina (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Tina is located in Knott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Woollum (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Scalf (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Crane Nest (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Girdler (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Walker (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Hinkle (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Dewitt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cannon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Bush (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Marydell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Greenmount (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Maplesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville London (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Lone (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Athol (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Tallega (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Idamay (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Saint Helens (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Beattyville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Primrose (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Heidelberg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Vada (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Williba (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Fincastle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Zoe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Sizerock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Bear Branch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Confluence (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Thousandsticks (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Hyden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wendover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Wooton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Essie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Stinnett (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Hoskinston (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Roark (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Asher (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Saul (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Buckhorn (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Gays Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Chavies (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Krypton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Yerkes (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Busy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Avawam (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Butterfly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Bonnyman (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Combs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Combs is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Dice (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Bethany (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Mary (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Campton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whoopflarea, see our County-by-County Page for Whoopflarea .
Cemeteries Near Whoopflarea ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whoopflarea.
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 Whoopflarea - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whoopflarea covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Loose Angel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
R.H. Davidson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for R.H. Davidson Cemetery The R.H. Davidson Cemetery has also been known as:
Davidson Cemetery Roland Hunter Davidson Cemetery Burns - Davidson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns - Davidson Cemetery The Burns - Davidson Cemetery has also been known as:
Davidson Cemetery Napier Bowling Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Samuel Hacker Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cortland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Andrew Burns Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew Burns Cemetery The Andrew Burns Cemetery has also been known as:
Burns Cemetery Justice Riley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Riley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Job Allen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job Allen Cemetery The Job Allen Cemetery has also been known as:
Allen Cemetery Maxaline Baker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxaline Baker Cemetery The Maxaline Baker Cemetery has also been known as:
Baker Cemetery Maxline Baker Cemetery Morris Fork Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (495 more) ...
Williams Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bishop Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Horn Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Whoopflarea in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whoopflarea.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whoopflarea, with the one closest to Whoopflarea listed first.
Sebastian (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Teges (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Ammie (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Ammie is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammie Gays Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Crockettsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Crockettsville is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville Conkling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Conkling is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Tanksley (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Tanksley is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanksley Big Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Southfork (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Laurel Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Confluence (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Eversole (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Eversole is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole Continue List (15 more) ...
Island City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Sextons Creek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Chavies (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whoopflarea. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whoopflarea .
Newspapers Published in Whoopflarea ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whoopflarea.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whoopflarea, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Whoopflarea.
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 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 Whoopflarea:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Owsley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Harlan County Jackson County Knott County Knox County Laurel County Lee County Leslie County Perry County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whoopflarea. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whoopflarea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Whoopflarea) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.