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 Cedar Grove (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 Cedar Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Cedar Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cedargrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Cedar Grove: Cedar Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cedar Grove is located in Todd 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 Todd County: Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Montgomery (TN) & Robertson (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Grove:
- Todd County (The home county of Cedar Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Sharon Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Elkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Trenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Hadensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Guthrie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Harreldsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Richelieu
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Provo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Dunbar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Mining City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Pembroke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crofton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Empire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Herndon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Howel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Newstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- White Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nortonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Mortons Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Earlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Deer Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Gordonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Agnes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lost City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Cave Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Russellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Keysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Rosewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Dunmor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Beech Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Beechmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Browder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Luzerne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Depoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Drakesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ennis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Echols
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Rockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Ceralvo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Prices Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Neosheo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Cerulean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Stryker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Port Royal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Wingate West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Louise Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
- Barren Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Cedar Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Grove.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Grove.
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 Cedar Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Simons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kirkman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Irvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Francis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carneal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tutt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Sears Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Cedar Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
- Sharon Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Claymour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claymour is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymour
- Clifty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Kirkmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Elkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spa is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa
- Deer Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Gordonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Bradshaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Daysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Daysville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Epleys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Epleys is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epleys
- Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edwards is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Grove.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Grove ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Grove, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Grove.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cedar Grove:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Todd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Simpson County
- Trigg County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson 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 Cedar Grove, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |