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 Woollum (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 Woollum. 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.
Woollum is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Bell, Clay, Laurel & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Woollum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woollum:
- Knox County (The home county of Woollum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Crane Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
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- Girdler
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
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- Cannon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cannon is located in Knox County
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- Hinkle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
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- Scalf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scalf is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf
- Bimble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Heidrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
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- Dewitt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dewitt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt
- Barbourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Artemus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Beverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Fourmile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fourmile is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
- Rella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rella is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella
- Sims Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sims Fork is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork
- Arjay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arjay is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay
- Pineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dorton Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dorton Branch is located in Bell County
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- Straight Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Straight Creek is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Jenson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jenson is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
- Kettle Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kettle Island is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
- Ingram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ingram is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Stoney Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Hima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hima is located in Clay County
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- Brightshade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brightshade is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade
- Garrard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard
- Goose Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goose Rock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Urban
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Urban is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
- Sidell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sidell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell
- Ashers Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork
- Fall Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock
- Larue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Larue is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Fogertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fogertown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown
- Benge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Benge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Tacky Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Coldiron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Wallins Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- Pathfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- South Wallins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Loyall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Twila
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twila is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- Baxter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harlan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosspoint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Tyner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
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- Annville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peoples
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples
- Dabolt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dabolt is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt
- Gray Hawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk
- McKee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bush is located in Laurel County
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- Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Marydell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
- Maplesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- Lily
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Dorthae
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Sublimity City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
- London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Keavy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy
- Greenmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenmount is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Roark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roark is located in Leslie County
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- Bear Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Essie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
- Warbranch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Warbranch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch
- Asher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Sizerock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock
- Helton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Hoskinston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Mozelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Stinnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
- Thousandsticks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Chappell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Mistletoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Island City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Sebastian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sebastian is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Ricetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown
- Southfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Southfork is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork
- Travellers Rest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Saul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saul is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
- Buckhorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gays Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
- Rockcastle County
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Woodbine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Corbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Louden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Rockholds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Siler
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Siler is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Verne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Nevisdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Packard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emlyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Claiborne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Cumberland Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pruden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woollum, see our County-by-County Page for Woollum.
Cemeteries Near Woollum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woollum.
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 Woollum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woollum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Frost Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bundy - Delph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Coy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cottongim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pittman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Asher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gregory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (495 more) ...
- Hignite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Woollum in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woollum.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woollum, with the one closest to Woollum listed first.
- Crane Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest
- Girdler
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
- Pigeonroost
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pigeonroost is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeonroost
- Cane Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Tuttle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tuttle is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttle
- Marydell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
- Brightshade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brightshade is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade
- Goose Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goose Rock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock
- Fletcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emanuel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Barbourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sidell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sidell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell
- Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woollum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woollum.
Newspapers Published in Woollum ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woollum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woollum, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woollum.
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 Woollum:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Clay County
- Harlan County
- Jackson County
- Laurel County
- Leslie County
- Owsley County
- Perry County
- Rockcastle County
- Whitley County
- Claiborne 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 Woollum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woollum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |