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 Cairo (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 Cairo. 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 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.
Cairo is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Posey (IN), Vanderburgh (IN), Warrick (IN), Daviess, McLean, Union & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Cairo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cairo:
- Henderson County (The home county of Cairo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Dixie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Niagara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Smith Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Baskett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Bluff City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Spottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Reed
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Curdsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Saint Joseph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Birk City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Moseleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Browns Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Owensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Jewel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Nebo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Hanson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Madisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Earlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fiddle Bow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Elba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Rumsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Glenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Buel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Sacramento
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Breckinridge Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Chapman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Sturgis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Grangertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Raleigh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Dekoven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Poole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sebree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Vanderburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Onton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Lisman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Slaughters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Clay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Providence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Old Shawneetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawneetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Inman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Lamb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Caborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Hovey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Oliver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Solitude
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Hepburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Saint Wendel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Wadesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Savah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Richland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Vaughan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kasson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Smythe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Melody Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- McCutchanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Darmstadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Armstrong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Daylight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Inglefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Newburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Dayville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Baugh City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Boonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cairo, see our County-by-County Page for Cairo.
Cemeteries Near Cairo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cairo.
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 Cairo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cairo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- New Sights Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meahl Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Agnew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Denton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McMullin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morehead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tapp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eakins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cairo had a population of 209 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
- Dixie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jonesburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
- Robards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Anthoston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anthoston is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthoston
- Rankin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rankin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Tilden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tilden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Wanamaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wanamaker is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Niagara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Weaverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weaverton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverton
- Sebree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cairo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cairo.
Newspapers Published in Cairo ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cairo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cairo, 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 Cairo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cairo:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daviess County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick 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 Cairo, 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- Cairo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |