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 Danby (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 Danby. 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 and doctors 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.
Danby is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Butler, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Warren & Robertson (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Danby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Danby:
- Logan County (The home county of Danby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Russellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Cave Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Gordonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ferguson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Justice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Wolf Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Agnes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Allen County
- Mount Aerial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Harreldsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Richelieu
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Dunbar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Provo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Mining City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Morgantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bluff Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Pembroke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Dunmor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rosewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Belton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Beech Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Beechmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Browder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Skilesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Drakesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nonnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Bevier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Bancroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Neosheo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Salmons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Gold City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Sharon Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Clifty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Allensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Elkton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Allegre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Hadensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Kirkmansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Guthrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Rockfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Woodburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Hadley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Springhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Bowling Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Drake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Richardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Port Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sango
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Swan Lake Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Barren Plain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Orlinda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Black Jack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Cross Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Flewellyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Jernigan Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Mitchellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Danby, see our County-by-County Page for Danby.
Cemeteries Near Danby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danby.
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 Danby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Danby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Head Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Epleys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Doyle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pillow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kennerlys Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Currence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (577 more) ...
- Lewisburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tunstill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Danby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Danby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Danby, with the one closest to Danby listed first.
- Epleys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Epleys is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epleys
- Russellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edwards is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Gordonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Cave Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ferguson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Homer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Spa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spa is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa
- Justice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Wolf Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Daysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daysville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Danby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danby.
Newspapers Published in Danby ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danby, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danby.
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 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 Danby:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Muhlenberg County
- Simpson County
- Todd County
- Warren County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Sumner 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 Danby, 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- Danby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |