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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 Ballard (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 Ballard. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ballard is located in Menifee 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 Menifee County: Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan & Wolfe.
Below are the counties that are near Ballard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ballard:
- Menifee County (The home county of Ballard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Rothwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Means
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mariba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Little Slate Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Suddith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peeled Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Owingsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peasticks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Midland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Little Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock is located in Bourbon County
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- North Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Austerlitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- Jackstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackstown is located in Bourbon County
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- Stony Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Vancleve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
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- Frozen Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Breathitt County
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- Chenowee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chenowee is located in Breathitt County
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- Rock Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
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- Taulbee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
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- Wolverine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
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- Copebranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
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- Jetts Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Kiddville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Log Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Renick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Boonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boonesboro is located in Clark County
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- Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ford is located in Clark County
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- Elliott County
- The Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Furnace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Irvine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Witt Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witt Springs is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winston is located in Estill County
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- Lynch Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
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- Locust Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Colfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Grange City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Sherburne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sherburne is located in Fleming County
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- Sunset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
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- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plummers Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Tilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tilton is located in Fleming County
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- Lawrence County
- Adeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adeline is located in Lawrence County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Zachariah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Primrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Athol is located in Lee County
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- Idamay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- College Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
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- Doylesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
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- Bybee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bybee is located in Madison County
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- Elliston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Madison County
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- Waco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moberly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moberly is located in Madison County
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- Panola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Panola is located in Madison County
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- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Union City is located in Madison County
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- Brassfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brassfield is located in Madison County
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- Reeds Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Crossing is located in Madison County
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- Speedwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Madison County
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- Redhouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Redhouse is located in Madison County
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- Magoffin County
- Netty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Spencer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Levee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prewitt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Reid Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Grassy Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Judy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Maytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Cannel City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wrigley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Nicholas County
- Moorefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Pebworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lerose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Vincent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Upper Cane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
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- Rosslyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
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- Slade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cat Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
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- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- Pecks Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
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- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
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- Old Clay City Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
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- Paint Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
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- Hatton Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
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- Knowlton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Mount Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Farmers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Brady
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Clearfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Morehead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Minor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Elliottville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Valeria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Campton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Toliver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Lexie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
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- Bethany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
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- Lee City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
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- Belknap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ballard, see our County-by-County Page for Ballard.
Cemeteries Near Ballard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ballard.
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 Ballard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ballard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fagan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mike Rowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gillum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wells & Vititoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slusher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reffitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (748 more) ...
- Moore's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Logan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Logan Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Rosslyn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #944769 <2>
- Jewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Ballard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ballard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ballard, with the one closest to Ballard listed first.
- Cornwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornwell is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell
- Frenchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosslyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Mariba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba
- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cat Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
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- Slade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knowlton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
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- Camargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pomeroyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pomeroyton is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroyton
- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ballard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ballard.
Newspapers Published in Ballard ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ballard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ballard, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ballard.
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 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 Ballard:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Menifee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Bourbon County
- Breathitt County
- Clark County
- Elliott County
- Estill County
- Fleming County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Madison County
- Magoffin County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Owsley County
- Powell County
- Rowan County
- Wolfe 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 Ballard, 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- Ballard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |