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 Bethany (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 Bethany. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Bethany is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Bethany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethany:
Jefferson County (The home county of Bethany)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Valley Station (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Prairie Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Prairie Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village Pleasure Ridge Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pleasure Ridge Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Ridge Park Kosmosdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Kosmosdale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmosdale Fairdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hollyvilla (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hollyvilla is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyvilla Population from the 2020 Census: 554 people
South Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park Saint Dennis (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis Shively (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Heritage Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Heritage Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
Former name for Heritage Creek:
Minor Lane Heights South Park View (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
South Park View is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park View Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Audubon Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Audubon Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
Breckinridge County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Irvington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Raymond (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Raymond is located in Breckinridge County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Webster (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Webster is located in Breckinridge County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Cupio (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Brooks (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hunters Hollow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Fox Chase (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Pioneer Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Hebron Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Hillview (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Shepherdsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pitt's Point (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pitt's Point is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt's Point Bardstown Junction (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Belmont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Belmont is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Clermont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Howard (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard West Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Prichard Place (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Rose Terrace (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Dietz Acres (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Radcliff (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Vine Grove (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Colesburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Crest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Crest is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Rineyville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Younger Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Younger Creek is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek Tunnel Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills Larue County
Roanoke (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Roanoke is located in Larue County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Pilcher Landing (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Van Voorhis Manor (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Grahamton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Grahamton is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton Lickskillet (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Brandenburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Hills Buck Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Buck Grove is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove Garrett (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Garrett is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Ekron (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Ekron is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Deatsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Highgrove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Samuels (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Boston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Coxs Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Cravens (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Cravens is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens Hunters (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Bellwood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bellwood is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood Bourbon Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Nazareth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Fairfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
River Bluff (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Orchard Grass Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Harmony Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Pewee Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Crestwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Goshen (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Park Lake (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Buckner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Finchville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Normandy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Jeffersonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Arctic Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Blackiston Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Clarksville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Oak Park (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Watson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Utica (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Sellersburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Starlight (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Prather (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Bennettsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Speed (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Crawford County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Leavenworth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Milltown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Carefree (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Carefree is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree Fredonia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Fredonia is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Pilot Knob (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob Alton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Alton is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
Beechwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Beechwood is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Jericho (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Jericho is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Magnolia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Magnolia is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
New Albany (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Georgetown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Galena (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Greenville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Locust Point (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Elizabeth (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
New Middletown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Lanesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Dogwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Laconia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Corydon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Central (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Central is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Crandall (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Glidas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Glidas is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidas Corydon Junction (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction Mauckport (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
New Pekin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
Fredericksburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethany, see our County-by-County Page for Bethany .
Cemeteries Near Bethany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethany.
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 Bethany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
South Jefferson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Meadow View Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bethany Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mill Creek Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Brown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pendleton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Horine Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Risinger Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risinger Cemetery The Risinger Cemetery has also been known as:
Arnoldtown Cemetery Pauley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Andrews Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Prince Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Walker Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (412 more) ...
Kingery Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Colvin Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
McNutt Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Bethany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethany.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
Valley Station (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Orell (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Orell is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orell Meadow Lawn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Meadow Lawn is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn Rosewood (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Rosewood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Locust Point (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Barrallton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Barrallton is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrallton Elizabeth (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Cupio (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio South Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park Evans Landing (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Evans Landing is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Landing Howard (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard West Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Rehoboth (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Rehoboth is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Brooks (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Okolona (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethany .
Newspapers Published in Bethany ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethany.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethany, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bethany.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bethany:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breckinridge County Bullitt County Hardin County Larue County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Clark County Crawford County Floyd County Harrison County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bethany. 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 . 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 Bethany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bethany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.