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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 Wiborg (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 Wiborg. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Wiborg is located in McCreary County.

To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McCreary County: Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley & Scott (TN).

Below are the counties that are near Wiborg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wiborg:

  • McCreary County     (The home county of Wiborg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Marshes Siding
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshes Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
      • Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
    • Whitley City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitley City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley City
      • Whitley City is located in McCreary County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitley City <2>
    • Smith Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smith Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
      • Smith Town is located in McCreary County
    • Stearns
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stearns have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stearns
      • Stearns is located in McCreary County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stearns <2>
    • Revelo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Revelo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
      • Revelo is located in McCreary County
    • Pine Knot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Strunk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strunk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
      • Strunk is located in McCreary County
  • Casey County
    • Mintonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville
      • Mintonville is located in Casey County
  • Clinton County
    • Alpha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Alpha is located in Clinton County
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.
    • North Corbin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Corbin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
      • North Corbin is located in Knox County
    • Gray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Laurel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.
    • Keavy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorthae
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lily
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bernstadt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bernstadt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
      • Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bernstadt
      • From Wiborg to Bernstadt
    • Sublimity City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublimity City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
      • Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.
    • Alpine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sloans Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Tateville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Northfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
      • Northfield is located in Pulaski County
    • Burnside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
      • Burnside is located in Pulaski County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnside <2>
    • Bronston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Victory
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Dykes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dykes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
      • Dykes is located in Pulaski County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dykes
      • From Wiborg to Dykes
    • Ferguson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferguson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
    • Whetstone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Piney Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Russell County
    • Stokes ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stokes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
      • Stokes is located in Russell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stokes
      • From Wiborg to Stokes
  • Wayne County
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.
    • Liberty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Whitley County
    • Williamsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ayers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Emlyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Rockholds
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Corbin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Saxton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
      • Saxton is located in Whitley County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saxton
      • From Wiborg to Saxton
    • Verne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Red Ash
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Ash. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
      • Red Ash is located in Whitley County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Ash
      • From Wiborg to Red Ash
    • Fairview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Campbell County (TN)
  • Fentress County (TN)
    • Gernt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gernt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
      • Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Scott County (TN)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wiborg, see our County-by-County Page for Wiborg.

Cemeteries Near Wiborg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wiborg.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wiborg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.

  • Piney Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piney Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piney Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barren Fork Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barren Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barren Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hollaway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollaway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollaway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Miller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holloway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hickenbottom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickenbottom Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickenbottom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Davy Cad Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davy Cad Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davy Cad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (631 more) ...
    • Maxwell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chitwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chitwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chitwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hickman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Wiborg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wiborg.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wiborg, with the one closest to Wiborg listed first.

  • Ritner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sloans Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Tateville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kidder
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kidder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
    • Kidder is located in Wayne County
  • Gregory
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Gregory is located in Wayne County
  • Burnside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
    • Burnside is located in Pulaski County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnside <2>
  • Coopersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coopersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
    • Coopersville is located in Wayne County
  • Youngs Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngs Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
    • Youngs Creek is located in Whitley County
  • Bronston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Isham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Pulaski County
  • Frazer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Parmleysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldrock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldrock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldrock
      • Baldrock is located in Laurel County
    • Winfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wiborg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wiborg.

Newspapers Published in Wiborg ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wiborg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wiborg, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wiborg.

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 Wiborg:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wiborg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Wiborg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wiborg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wiborg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8091, Longitude: -84.4907    









 

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