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 Big Windy (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 Big Windy. 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 and doctors 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.
Big Windy is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Larue & Metcalfe.
Below are the counties that are near Big Windy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Windy:
- Hart County (The home county of Big Windy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Dogcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Logsdon Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Bonnieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Munfordville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Horse Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bunnell Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Hardyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Hammonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Allen County
- Meador
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Highland Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Cave City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oil City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hiseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Coral Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Beckton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Glasgow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Rocky Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Slick Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Horn Back Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Constantine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- McDaniels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dyer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Buras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Se Ree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Whittinghill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Welch's Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Stockholm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Mammoth Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kyrock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Bee Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sweeden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Union City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindseyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Rhoda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Huff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Rocky Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Peonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Clarkson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leitchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Clifty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Shrewsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Black Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Caneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Allendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Allendale is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Gabe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Summersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Liletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Spurrier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Seven Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Melrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Upton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Eastview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- White Mills Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Sonora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Limp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Nolin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Sherman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- Buffalo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Tonieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Hodgenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Knob Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Gotts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Windy, see our County-by-County Page for Big Windy.
Cemeteries Near Big Windy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Windy.
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 Big Windy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Windy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Cherry Springs Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Jordan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Craddock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Grove MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cove Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Logsdon Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Logsdon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Good Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Big Windy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Windy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Windy, with the one closest to Big Windy listed first.
- Dogcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wax is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Lines Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Winesap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Stockholm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Forestville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Wheelers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Kessinger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kessinger is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessinger
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Higdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Mammoth Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Peonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Anneta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anneta is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anneta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Windy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Windy.
Newspapers Published in Big Windy ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Windy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Windy, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Windy.
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 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 Big Windy:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Larue County
- Metcalfe County
- Warren 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 Big Windy, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Windy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |