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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 Dekoven (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 Dekoven. 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.

Dekoven is located in Union 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 Union County: Gallatin (IL), Hardin (IL), Posey (IN), Crittenden, Henderson & Webster.

Below are the counties that are near Dekoven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dekoven:

  • Union County     (The home county of Dekoven)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Grangertown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sturgis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sullivan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Raleigh
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Morganfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Breckinridge Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
    • Chapman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Flournoy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Uniontown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Waverly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hitesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Caldwell County
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Tolu
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
    • Sheridan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Fork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Crayne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Crayne is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
    • Dycusburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Dixie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Corydon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
    • Robards
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Dalton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Nebo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddle Bow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Manitou
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Manitou is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Carrsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Carrsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Lola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hampton is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Burna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burna is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
    • Pinckneyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tiline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Tiline is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
  • Webster County
  • Gallatin County (IL)
  • Hardin County (IL)
  • Pope County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.
    • Herod
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Leisure City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
    • Hartsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lusk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Golconda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eddyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Saline County (IL)
  • White County (IL)
  • Posey County (IN)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dekoven, see our County-by-County Page for Dekoven.

Cemeteries Near Dekoven ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dekoven.

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 Dekoven - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dekoven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.

  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hobbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Michael Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pythian Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Shewmaker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (425 more) ...
    • Green Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lamb Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hale Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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 in 1895, Dekoven had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dekoven, with the one closest to Dekoven listed first.

  • Caseyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Caseyville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Henshaw
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Henshaw is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
  • Lamb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sturgis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grove Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grove Center is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Center
  • Weston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Weston is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Harding
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harding is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Spring Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Spring Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Rock Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Blackburn is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
  • Sullivan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Peters Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peters Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
    • Cullen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cullen is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
    • Raleigh
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dekoven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dekoven.

Newspapers Published in Dekoven ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dekoven.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dekoven, 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 Dekoven.

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 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 Dekoven:

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 Dekoven, 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' (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- Dekoven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.