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 Clare (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 Clare. 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 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.
Clare is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Barren, Monroe, Simpson, Warren, Macon (TN) & Sumner (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Clare. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clare:
- Allen County (The home county of Clare)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Pope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Trammel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Halfway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Petroleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Adolphus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scottsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Halifax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Yesse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Oak Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Cedar Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Lucas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Beckton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Etoile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Haywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Butler County
- Richelieu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Edmonson County
- Rocky Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- South Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schochoh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Adairville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Fountain Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Akersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Gold City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Black Jack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Neosheo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Drake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Alvaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Claypool
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Rockfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Bowling Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Gotts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Springhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Plum Springs
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Smiths Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Davidson County (TN)
- Ridgetop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgetop is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Siloam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Green Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadorville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
- Frog Pond
(26 miles [41.8 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 Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Black Jack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Orlinda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Cross Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- White House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Greenbrier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Hygeia Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs
- Barren Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Sengtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Mitchellville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Head
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Rock Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Westmoreland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Bethpage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bransford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bransford is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
- Trousdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Hartsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Wilson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Laguardo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
- Possum Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Possum Town is located in Wilson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clare, see our County-by-County Page for Clare.
Cemeteries Near Clare ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clare.
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 Clare - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clare covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pirkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perdue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- State Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hobdy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (648 more) ...
- Peden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Butt 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 Clare in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clare.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clare, with the one closest to Clare listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- New Roe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Roe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Roe
- Alonzo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alonzo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Gold City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Hickory Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Temperance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Trammel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Halfway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Brackentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brackentown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackentown
- Adolphus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchellville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Pondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pondville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clare. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clare.
Newspapers Published in Clare ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clare.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clare, 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 Clare.
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 websites either 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 Clare:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Warren County
- Davidson County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Sumner County
- Trousdale County
- Wilson 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 Clare, 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 from Point A (ie- Clare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |