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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 Ayr (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 Ayr. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Ayr is located in Barren 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 Barren County: Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Bon Ayr. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bon Ayr:
- Barren County (The home county of Bon Ayr)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Beckton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Oil City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Park City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Haywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Cave City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coral Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Hiseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Adair County
- Keltner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltner
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Meador
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Cedar Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Yesse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Scottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Halfway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Oak Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Pope
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Red Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Trammel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Petroleum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Whittinghill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Cumberland County
- Dubre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dubre is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubre
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Union City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mammoth Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rhoda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Roundhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Peonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Liletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Exie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Horse Cave
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Rowletts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Cub Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Munfordville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Bunnell Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Three Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Hardyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Pascal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Canmer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Knob Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Summer Shade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beaumont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Cedar Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Fountain Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Akersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Forkton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Gamaliel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson County
- Gold City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Alvaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Drake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Richardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Springhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Sumner County (TN)
- Sugar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bon Ayr, see our County-by-County Page for Bon Ayr.
Cemeteries Near Bon Ayr ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bon Ayr.
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 Ayr - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bon Ayr covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiloh General Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Glasgow.
- The Barber Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harlows Chapel Cemetery
- Loving Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463566 <2>
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- France Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Trigg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bon Ayr in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bon Ayr.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bon Ayr, with the one closest to Bon Ayr listed first.
- Oil City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hays
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Hydro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smiths Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Three Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Three Forks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cave City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Goodnight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Mammoth Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Meador
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bon Ayr. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bon Ayr.
Newspapers Published in Bon Ayr ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bon Ayr.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bon Ayr, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bon Ayr.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ayr:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Barren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Cumberland County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hart County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Warren County
- Sumner 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bon Ayr) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Ayr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |