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 Beech Bottom (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 Beech Bottom. 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 hospitals 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.
Beech Bottom is located in Casey 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 Casey County : Adair , Boyle , Lincoln , Marion , Pulaski , Russell & Taylor .
Below are the counties that are near Beech Bottom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beech Bottom:
Casey County (The home county of Beech Bottom)
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Liberty (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Middleburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Yosemite (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Cantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Cantown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Gilpin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Atterson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Atterson is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson Evans Ford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Evans Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford Rubert Ford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Rubert Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford Creston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Creston is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston Rheber (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Rheber is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber Butchertown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Butchertown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown Labascus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Phil (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Phil is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Barnett Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Casey Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Pellyton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Feathersburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Speck (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Speck is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Neatsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Dunbar Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar Hill Eunice (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Knifley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Ella (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Purdy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Sano (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Sano is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano Christine (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Christine is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Forkland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Mitchellsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Parksville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Wilsonville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Aliceton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Alum Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Brumfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Junction City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Shelby City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Shelby City is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City Craintown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Craintown is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown Atoka (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Atoka is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka Davis Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Davis Hill is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Hill Needmore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Needmore is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Lancaster (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville Bryantsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Green County
Roachville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Roachville is located in Green County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Mount Salem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem New Salem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Hustonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
South Fork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Chicken Bristle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle Geneva (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva McKinney (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Milledgeville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville Kings Mountain (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain Turnersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Turnersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville Blue Lick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick Jumbo (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Jumbo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Bradfordsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Riley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Salleetown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Greenbriar (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Peck Ford (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Penick (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Phillipsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Calvary (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Calvary is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Poplar Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Corner is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner Lebanon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
New Market (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
New Market is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Jessietown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Jessietown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Nevada (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Nevada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Stewart (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Stewart is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Dixville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Dixville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Burgin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Harrodsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Cornishville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Cornishville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornishville Montgomery County
Hedgeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville Hedgeville has also been known as:
Hedges Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Eubank (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ansel (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Faubush (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Science Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bee Lick (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Nancy (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dabney (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Vinnie (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Vinnie is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie Coin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Somerset (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Walnut Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Ferguson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ferguson is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Gum Sulphur (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Ottawa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Brodhead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Salem (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Middletown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Esto (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Esto is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto Jamestown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Mannsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Campbellsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Saloma (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Saloma is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma Wright's (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Wright's is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's Bengal (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bengal is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Jenkinsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jenkinsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville Mackville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mackville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
Springfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Saint Catharine (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Saint Catharine is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine Litsey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Litsey is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litsey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beech Bottom, see our County-by-County Page for Beech Bottom .
Cemeteries Near Beech Bottom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beech Bottom.
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 Beech Bottom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beech Bottom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Poplar Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Brush Creek Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wilson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Caney Fork Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Glenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Stapp Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Peyton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Tabscott Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Carr Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Whited Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Adam Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Green River Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Continue List (414 more) ...
Smith Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Peavy Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Scotts Chapel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Beech Bottom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beech Bottom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beech Bottom, with the one closest to Beech Bottom listed first.
Liberty (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Yosemite (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Middleburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Ellisburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ellisburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg Atterson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Atterson is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson Gilpin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Mount Salem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Hustonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Clementsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Clementsville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville Phil (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Phil is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Labascus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus South Fork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Continue List (14 more) ...
Duncan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Duncan is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan McKinney (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beech Bottom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beech Bottom .
Newspapers Published in Beech Bottom ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beech Bottom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beech Bottom, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Beech Bottom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Beech Bottom:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Garrard County Green County Lincoln County Marion County Mercer County Montgomery County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beech Bottom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beech Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Beech Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.