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 Delaware (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 Delaware. 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 hospitals 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.
Delaware is located in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Spencer (IN), Warrick (IN), Hancock, Henderson, McLean & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Delaware. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delaware:
- Daviess County (The home county of Delaware)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Curdsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- West Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Birk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Moseleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Browns Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Owensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Masonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Philpot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ensor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Maceo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Niagara
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Hebbardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Robards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Reed
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Spottsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Baskett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Carlinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Henderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Jewel City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Hanson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Nebo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Madisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Earlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Mortons Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Elba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lemon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Rumsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Buel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sacramento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Lynn City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Earles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- South Carrollton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Buford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Beda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Centertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ceralvo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hitesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Breckinridge Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Morganfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Sebree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Onton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Poole
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Slaughters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Vanderburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Lisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Posey County (IN)
- Caborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Reo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Richland City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Grandview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Vaughan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Smythe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Evansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melody Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Kasson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- McCutchanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Daylight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Darmstadt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Inglefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Newburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Stevenson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- De Gonia Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Eames
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eames is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delaware, see our County-by-County Page for Delaware.
Cemeteries Near Delaware ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delaware.
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 Delaware - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delaware covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Cobb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mackey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Travis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery
- The Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mapel Mount Cemetery
- McCain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eakins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eakins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Hunter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Akins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Delaware had a population of 162 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delaware, with the one closest to Delaware listed first.
- Elba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Saint Joseph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Congleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Congleton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- Curdsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Niagara
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Wrightsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wrightsburg is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsburg
- West Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebbardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Lemon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Cleopatra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cleopatra is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopatra
- Robards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sebree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bluff City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Anthoston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anthoston is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthoston
- Onton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delaware. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delaware.
Newspapers Published in Delaware ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delaware.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delaware, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delaware.
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 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 Delaware:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick 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 Delaware, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Delaware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |