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 Arthur (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 Arthur. 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 doctors 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.
Arthur is located in Edmonson 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 Edmonson County: Barren, Butler, Grayson, Hart & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Arthur. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arthur:
- Edmonson County (The home county of Arthur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Rhoda
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mammoth Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stockholm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Kyrock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Union City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Bee Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Huff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Meador
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Cedar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Halifax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Halfway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Trammel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Scottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Red Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Highland Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Park City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cave City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Beckton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Rocky Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Coral Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Lucas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Breckinridge County
- Horn Back Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Whittinghill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Welch's Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morgantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richelieu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Dunbar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Peonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Shrewsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Higdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Wheelers Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Leitchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Black Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Clarkson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Caneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Clifty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Spring Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Duff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Spurrier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Seven Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Melrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Flint Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Upton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- White Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Limp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- White Mills Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Sonora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Dogcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Horse Cave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Munfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Bonnieville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Hardyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Canmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Knob Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Ohio County
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Plum Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Gotts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Richardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Bowling Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Springhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Rockland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Alvaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arthur, see our County-by-County Page for Arthur.
Cemeteries Near Arthur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arthur.
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 Arthur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arthur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Silent Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alexander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Good Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Guides Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Vincent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hawks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- France Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Arthur in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arthur.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Pig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mammoth Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stockholm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Smiths Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Bee Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Hays
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Huff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sand Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Girkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Dogcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arthur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arthur.
Newspapers Published in Arthur ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arthur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arthur, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arthur.
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 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 Arthur:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Edmonson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Grayson County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Metcalfe County
- Ohio County
- Warren 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 Arthur, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |