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 Flemingtown (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 Flemingtown. 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.
Flemingtown is located in Dickenson County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickenson County: Pike (KY), Buchanan, Russell & Wise.
Below are the counties that are near Flemingtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flemingtown:
- Dickenson County (The home county of Flemingtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Clintwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clinchco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tarpon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
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- Omaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County
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- Darwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County
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- Haysi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
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- Aily
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
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- Herald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
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- Bucu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County
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- Carrie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Leemaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Royal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Vansant
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Big Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Grundy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Council
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
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- Janey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County
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- Rowe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
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- Mavisdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
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- Matney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
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- Kelsa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County
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- Norton City
- Norton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Dante
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Bickley Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Carterton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
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- Castlewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Artrip
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip
- Jessees Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
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- Kiser ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
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- Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Russell County
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- Spring City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
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- Dickensonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dickensonville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickensonville
- Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Dungannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Grigbys Store
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grigbys Store is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigbys Store
- Lano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Fort Blackmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nickelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tazewell County
- Red Ash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Wise County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Haddonfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Almira
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Almira is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Coeburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Dwina
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
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- Virginia City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Esserville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Blackwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Kent Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
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- Floyd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Weeksbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Beaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Melvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wheelwright
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelwright Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelwright Junction is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright Junction
- Galveston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Teaberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Hi Hat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County (KY)
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- Grethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County (KY)
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- McDowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlan County (KY)
- Lynch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knott County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Kite
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kite is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Pine Top
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Pippa Passes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Raven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County (KY)
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- Redfox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redfox is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Littcarr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Garner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Knott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Mousie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County (KY)
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- Letcher County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Burdine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Jenkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McRoberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County (KY)
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- Cromona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
- Fleming - Neon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Hemphill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Neon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tolliver Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolliver Town
- Seco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Seco is located in Letcher County (KY)
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- Whitaker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County (KY)
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- Millstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County (KY)
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- Deane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deane is located in Letcher County (KY)
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- Pike County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Ashcamp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Hellier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hellier is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Lookout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lookout is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Elkhorn City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Rockhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Belcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belcher is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Draffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Draffin is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draffin
- Dorton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Myra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Marrowbone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Jonancy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flemingtown, see our County-by-County Page for Flemingtown.
Cemeteries Near Flemingtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flemingtown.
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 Flemingtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flemingtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mullins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vanover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Company Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1031 more) ...
- Fleming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mullins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Flemingtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flemingtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flemingtown, with the one closest to Flemingtown listed first.
- Clintwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tarpon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Ashcamp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Stratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Lookout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lookout is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Aily
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Colley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colley is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colley
- Pound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Venters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Venters is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venters
- Dorton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beefhide
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beefhide is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
- Hurricane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bucu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Bee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bee is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flemingtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flemingtown.
Newspapers Published in Flemingtown ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flemingtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flemingtown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flemingtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Flemingtown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Dickenson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Norton City
- Russell County
- Scott County
- Tazewell County
- Wise County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Letcher County
- Pike County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Flemingtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Flemingtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |