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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 Bon Air Estates (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 Bon Air Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Bon Air Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bon Air Estates: Bon Air Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bon Air Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bon Air Estates .
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bon Air Estates 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 Bon Air Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bon Air Estates:
Jefferson County (The home county of Bon Air Estates)
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Strathmoor Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Strathmoor Gardens is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmoor Gardens Wellington (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Wellington is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
Plymouth Village (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Plymouth Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Village Meadowview Estates (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Meadowview Estates is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
Kingsley (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Kingsley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
Seneca Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Seneca Gardens is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Gardens Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
Strathmoor Village (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Strathmoor Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmoor Village Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Watterson Park (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Watterson Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
West Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
West Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Buechel Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
Strathmoor Manor (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Strathmoor Manor is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmoor Manor Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
Cambridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Cambridge is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
Broad Fields (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Broad Fields is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Fields Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Hunters Hollow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Brooks (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Fox Chase (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Hebron Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Hillview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Mount Washington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Shepherdsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Solitude (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Bardstown Junction (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Cupio (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Clermont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
West Point (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Howard (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Rose Terrace (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Dietz Acres (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Prichard Place (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Colesburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Jericho (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Smithfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Eminence (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Sulphur (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Pleasureville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
New Castle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Pilcher Landing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Rock Haven (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Grahamton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Grahamton is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton Lickskillet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Highgrove (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Deatsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Samuels (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Coxs Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Hunters (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Bourbon Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Nazareth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Bloomfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Cravens (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Cravens is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens Withrow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Withrow is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow Bardstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Orchard Grass Hills (10 miles [16.1 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
River Bluff (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Pewee Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Crestwood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Goshen (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Harmony Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Park Lake (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Buckner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Westport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Finchville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Chestnut Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Figgs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Shelbyville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Southville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Clay Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Christianburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Christianburg is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg Cropper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Normandy (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Arctic Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Oak Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Jeffersonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Utica (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Watson (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Clarksville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Prather (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Blackiston Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Sellersburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Speed (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Charlestown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Bennettsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Slatecut (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Slatecut is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
New Albany (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Galena (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Georgetown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Greenville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Locust Point (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Lanesville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Elizabeth (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
New Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Crandall (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Bradford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Corydon Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction Dogwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood New Salisbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Corydon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Laconia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Palmyra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Ramsey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ramsey is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Scott County (IN)
Lexington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Bartle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle New Pekin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
South Boston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
South Boston is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bon Air Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Bon Air Estates .
Cemeteries Near Bon Air Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bon Air Estates.
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 Bon Air Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bon Air Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Breckinridge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Forest Home Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Memorial Cemetery The Resthaven Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery Resthaven Cemetery Resthaven Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75706 <2>
Prather Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cave Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. Louis Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. Michael Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Louisville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Clark Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (425 more) ...
Cave Hill National Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Eastern Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jeffersontown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Bon Air Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bon Air Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bon Air Estates, with the one closest to Bon Air Estates listed first.
Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Saint Matthews (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Prestonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Beechwood Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Fern Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clifton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Longview (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Longview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Okolona (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Smyrna (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Smyrna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Jeffersontown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lyndon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lakeland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lakeland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Continue List (13 more) ...
Goose Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
Glenview (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Glenview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
Woodside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Woodside is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bon Air Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bon Air Estates .
Newspapers Published in Bon Air Estates ...
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 295 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bon Air Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bon Air Estates, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bon Air Estates.
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 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 Bon Air Estates:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Scott County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bon Air Estates. 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 Bon Air Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bon Air Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.