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 Burna (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 Burna. 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.
Burna is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Hardin (IL), Massac (IL), Pope (IL), Crittenden, Lyon, Marshall & McCracken.
Below are the counties that are near Burna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burna:
- Livingston County (The home county of Burna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smithland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Carrsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Ledbetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard County
- Kevil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crider
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Creswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Sheridan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Dycusburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Tolu
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Crayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Symsonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Melber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Boaz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Kuttawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Carmack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Lamasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Calvert City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Gilbertsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sharpe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Tatumsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dogtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Paducah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Reidland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Hendron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lone Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- West Paducah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Massac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Camelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Future City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Dekoven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Sturgis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County
- Blackford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Gallatin County (IL)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Elizabethtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Rock Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Karbers Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lamb
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Reevesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Ozark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bender is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Unionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Massac City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Joppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Bay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Hamletsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Golconda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Hartsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Eddyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Herod
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Saline County (IL)
- Mitchellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burna, see our County-by-County Page for Burna.
Cemeteries Near Burna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burna.
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 Burna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jameison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Duley Bluff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Quarry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rappolee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lemen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cowper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lockett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (526 more) ...
- Tracey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Durham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lee - Goldwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Burna in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burna.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burna, with the one closest to Burna listed first.
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Vicksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Birdsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Birdsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Lola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smithland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Bay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Hamletsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Liberty is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Levias
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Levias is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levias
- Carrsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Golconda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tansill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tansill is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansill
- Dycusburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burna.
Newspapers Published in Burna ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burna, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burna.
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 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 Burna:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Saline 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 Burna, 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- Burna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |