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 Bancroft (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 Bancroft. 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 and doctors 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.
Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County: Butler, Christian, Hopkins, Logan, McLean, Ohio & Todd.
Below are the counties that are near Bancroft. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bancroft:
- Muhlenberg County (The home county of Bancroft)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Depoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Powderly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Rosewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Beech Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Bevier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Beechmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Browder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Rochester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Harreldsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Quality
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Provo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Mining City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Dunbar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Claxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Lewistown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Empire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Pembroke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Church Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Gracey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nortonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Mortons Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Earlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Richland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hanson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vandetta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fiddle Bow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Agnes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Wolf Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lewisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Justice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Lost City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Gordonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Sacramento
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Rumsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Buel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Ceralvo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Rockport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Centertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- McHenry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Beaver Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Select
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Clifty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Allegre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Sharon Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Elkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trigg County
- Cerulean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Slaughters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Onton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bancroft, see our County-by-County Page for Bancroft.
Cemeteries Near Bancroft ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bancroft.
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 Bancroft - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bancroft covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eades Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eades Cemetery
- Former name for Eades Cemetery:
- Pittman Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West End Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prowse Cemetery
- The Prowse Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prowse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75635 <2>
- Luckett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharbers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Bancroft in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bancroft.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Depoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McNary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McNary is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
- Powderly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Haleys Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haleys Mill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleys Mill
- Earles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Kirkmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Bevier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Drakesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Central City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Gishton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gishton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gishton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nortonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fruit Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fruit Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Clifty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bancroft. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bancroft.
Newspapers Published in Bancroft ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bancroft.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bancroft, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bancroft.
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 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 Bancroft:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Muhlenberg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Webster 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 Bancroft, 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- Bancroft) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |