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 Beulah (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 Beulah. 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.
Beulah is located in Hopkins 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 Hopkins County: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, McLean, Muhlenberg & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Beulah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beulah:
- Hopkins County (The home county of Beulah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Fiddle Bow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Dawson Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Manitou
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Earlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Madisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mortons Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Lewistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Claxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Creswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crider
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- McGowan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Cobb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Dulaney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Hopson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Empire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Fearsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Gracey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Bluff Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Hopkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Piney Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dycusburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Robards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Livingston County
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Eddyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kuttawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carmack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Sacramento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Earles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Depoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Lynn City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Bremen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Nebo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Powderly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- South Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Todd County
- Kirkmansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Cerulean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wallonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cadiz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trigg Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Sullivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Sturgis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Dekoven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Breckinridge Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Vanderburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Dixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Clay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Free Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Wheatcroft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Slaughters
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Blackford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Onton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Sebree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Cave-In-Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Lamb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beulah, see our County-by-County Page for Beulah.
Cemeteries Near Beulah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beulah.
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 Beulah - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beulah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Irving Howton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- High Glory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lynn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McNeely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Richland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holloman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Dalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Menser 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 Beulah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beulah.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Ilsley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ilsley is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilsley
- Manitou
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Earlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Madisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rufus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
- Mortons Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Claxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Creswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Lisman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Nortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beulah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beulah.
Newspapers Published in Beulah ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beulah.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beulah, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beulah.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Beulah:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hopkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Henderson County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Hardin 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 Beulah, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beulah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |