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 Bayou (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 Bayou. 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 hospitals 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.
Bayou is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Hardin (IL), Massac (IL), Pope (IL), Crittenden, Lyon, Marshall & McCracken.
Below are the counties that are near Bayou. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayou:
- Livingston County (The home county of Bayou)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Burna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Smithland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pinckneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Ledbetter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Ceredo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bandana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Lovelaceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- La Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crider
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Creswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Sheridan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Dycusburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Tolu
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Crayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Symsonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Melber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Boaz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Westplains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Lowes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Hickory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Pottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Kuttawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Carmack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Calvert City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Gilbertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Tatumsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dogtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Paducah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Reidland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Hendron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Krebs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- West Paducah
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Future City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Massac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Camelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Future City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Shetlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cave-In-Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Karbers Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lamb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Reevesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Simpson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Bender ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bender is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Ozark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Burnside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Brookport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Massac City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Bay City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Hamletsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Lusk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Leisure City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Eddyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hartsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oak is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Herod
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Karnak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Grand Chain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saline County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Mitchellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Stonefort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayou, see our County-by-County Page for Bayou.
Cemeteries Near Bayou ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayou.
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 Bayou - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayou covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Sloan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Azotus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kickasola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vickers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hastings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (539 more) ...
- Jameison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duley Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Bayou in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayou.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayou, with the one closest to Bayou listed first.
- Bay City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Birdsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birdsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Tansill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tansill is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansill
- Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Rosebud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosebud is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Hamletsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Liberty is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Smithland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vicksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Unionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Temple Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hill is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waltersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waltersburg is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersburg
- Lola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayou. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayou.
Newspapers Published in Bayou ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayou.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayou, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayou.
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 either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bayou:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Saline 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 Bayou, 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- Bayou) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |