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 Boyce (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 Boyce. 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 southeast 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 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.
Boyce is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Boyce. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyce:
- Warren County (The home county of Boyce)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Drake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Alvaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Claypool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Bowling Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Rockfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Springhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Plum Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Smiths Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Trammel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Mount Aerial
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Pope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Halifax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Yesse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Meador
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Petroleum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Scottsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adolphus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Oak Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Austin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Lucas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beckton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Haywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Oil City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Park City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Etoile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Richelieu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jetson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Quality
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Huff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Roundhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Mammoth Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- South Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Schochoh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Adairville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lost City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Fountain Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Akersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Mount Hermon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Gold City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Neosheo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Siloam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Green Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Black Jack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Mulloy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Orlinda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Jernigan Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- White House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Sengtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Sugar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Mitchellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Portland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Head
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Westmoreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Bledsoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Bransford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bransford is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
- Bethpage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hall Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyce, see our County-by-County Page for Boyce.
Cemeteries Near Boyce ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyce.
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 Boyce - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyce covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Marthas Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- The Old Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenbriar Cemetery
- Walthall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sherry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Agee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (514 more) ...
- Oakwood Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Boyce in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boyce.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyce, with the one closest to Boyce listed first.
- Trammel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Temperance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Mount Aerial
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Gold City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Halifax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Motley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Hardcastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Rich Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Woodburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Hickory Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Alonzo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alonzo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
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- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Settle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Settle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settle
- Claypool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyce. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyce.
Newspapers Published in Boyce ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyce.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyce, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyce.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Boyce:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Macon County
- Robertson 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> | 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 Boyce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Boyce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |