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 Adairville (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 Adairville. 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 and doctors 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.
Adairville is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Butler, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Warren & Robertson (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Adairville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adairville:
- Logan County (The home county of Adairville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Schochoh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Keysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gordonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Justice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Lost City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Trammel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Richelieu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Harreldsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Muhlenberg County
- Dunmor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Prices Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Neosheo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Black Jack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Salmons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Gold City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Allensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Hadensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Guthrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Allegre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Woodburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Rockfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Drake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Springhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Hadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Cheatham County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Pleasant View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westeria ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westeria is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria
- Bearwallow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Henrietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Lockertsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Sycamore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Cheap Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Ashland City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Neptune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Ridgetop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ridgetop is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
- Addie ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Addie is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Joelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Morny
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morny is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rayon City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rayon City is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City
- Old Hickory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Port Royal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Sango
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Oak Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Saint Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swan Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Wingate West
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Barren Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Orlinda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
- Jernigan Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- Flewellyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Calistia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Mulloy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Black Jack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Greenbrier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Mitchellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Walnut Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hall Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Johnsons Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads
- New Deal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
- Millersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Head
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Sengtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Cottontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Goodlettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shackle Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shackle Island is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adairville, see our County-by-County Page for Adairville.
Cemeteries Near Adairville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adairville.
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 Adairville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adairville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hummer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robertson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith - Shelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brakefield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barbee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Traughber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollingsworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (747 more) ...
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smelser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Adairville had a population of 675 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Adairville had a population of 894 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adairville, with the one closest to Adairville listed first.
- Oakville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Schochoh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Dot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dot is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
- Barren Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Prices Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Hubertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hubertville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubertville
- Keysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Orlinda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bobwhite ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bobwhite is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobwhite
- Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cedar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kinneys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kinneys is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneys
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 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 Adairville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adairville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Adairville ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adairville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Adairville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Adairville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Adairville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Adairville.
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 helpful 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 Adairville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Muhlenberg County
- Simpson County
- Todd County
- Warren County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Sumner 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> | 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 Adairville, 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- Adairville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |