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 Cool Springs (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 Cool Springs. 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 Cool Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cool Springs: Cool Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cool Spngs. or Cool Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cool Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cool Springs.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Cool Springs is located in Ohio 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 Ohio County: Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, McLean & Muhlenberg.
Below are the counties that are near Cool Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cool Springs:
- Ohio County (The home county of Cool Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Echols
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- McHenry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Cromwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Select
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Ceralvo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Centertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Arnold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rosine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Provo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Mining City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Dunbar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Aberdeen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morgantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Harreldsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Woodbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Utica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Masonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Browns Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Philpot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moseleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Roundhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Spring Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Yeaman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Caneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Shrewsbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Short Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Hancock County
- Cabot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- White Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jewel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Agnes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Wolf Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Deer Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lost City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Justice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Rumsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Skilesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ennis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Browder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonnell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Beechmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bevier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Beech Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Belton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Central City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Clifty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Sharon Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Rockland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Richardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cool Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Cool Springs.
Cemeteries Near Cool Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cool Springs.
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 Cool Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cool Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dennis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fulton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shultztown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chinn Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camfield Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camfield Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camfield Family Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Echols.
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slaty Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Independence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Browns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whalen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Cool Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cool Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cool Springs, with the one closest to Cool Springs listed first.
- Prentiss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prentiss is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Skilesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Echols
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- McHenry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Logansport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logansport is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Cromwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Mining City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Select
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- South Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Ceralvo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cool Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cool Springs.
Newspapers Published in Cool Springs ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cool Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cool Springs, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cool Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cool Springs:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Ohio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Todd County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cool Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cool Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |