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 Carrsville (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 Carrsville. 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.
Carrsville 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 Carrsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carrsville:
- Livingston County (The home county of Carrsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Burna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Smithland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tiline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Ledbetter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Crider
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Tolu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Dycusburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Piney Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Kuttawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Calvert City
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sharpe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Paducah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hendron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- West Paducah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Krebs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Dekoven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Raleigh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Blackford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Equality
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lawler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Old Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Karbers Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lamb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(17 miles [27.4 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 Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Reevesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Simpson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wartrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Ozark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- New Burnside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bender is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Big Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Shady Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- New Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Brookport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Massac City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Golconda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leisure City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Hartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Bay City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Herod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Dixon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Glendale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Hamletsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saline County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Mitchellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Stonefort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Gaskins City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Carrier Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <1>
- Ledford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Muddy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Wasson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wasson is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Williamson County (IL)
- Creal Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carrsville, see our County-by-County Page for Carrsville.
Cemeteries Near Carrsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carrsville.
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 Carrsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carrsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Shephard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cowsert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Critchlow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Troutman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Loves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Soward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Parkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowsert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Carrsville had a population of 240 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Carrsville had a population of 44 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carrsville, with the one closest to Carrsville listed first.
- Rosiclare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Golconda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Irma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Irma is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Tolu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Lusk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Peters Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Raum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raum is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raum
- Hicks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hicks is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tansill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tansill is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansill
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Waltersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waltersburg is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carrsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carrsville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Carrsville ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carrsville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Carrsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Carrsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Carrsville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Carrsville.
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 Carrsville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Williamson 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> | 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 Carrsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Carrsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |