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 Dogwood (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 Dogwood. 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.
Dogwood is located in Graves 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 Graves County: Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Henry (TN) & Weakley (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Dogwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dogwood:
- Graves County (The home county of Dogwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Symsonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westplains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- West Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Pottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Melber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lowes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Fancy Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Pryorsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Sedalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- La Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Barlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Kirksey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Harris Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Kirbyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Milburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crittenden County
- Dycusburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Fulton County
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Fulgham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Spring Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Ledbetter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rivers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Smithland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Pinckneyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Carmack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Sharpe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Dogtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Tatumsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdealing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Gilbertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Krebs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Reidland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hendron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Paducah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Camelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Paducah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Future City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Grahamville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Cimota City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Brookport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Massac City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dogwood, see our County-by-County Page for Dogwood.
Cemeteries Near Dogwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dogwood.
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 Dogwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dogwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Spring Creek Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McClure Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boaz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz Cemetery
- The Boaz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Boaz Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boaz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelton Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Church Cemetery
- The Shelton Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shelton Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Pryors Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (548 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Hickory.
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Family Cemetery
- Burkhart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Dogwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dogwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Kaler
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Symsonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Viola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Westplains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Clear Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Folsomdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Oak Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Elva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Pottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Iola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Sharpe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Kansas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dogwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dogwood.
Newspapers Published in Dogwood ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dogwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dogwood, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dogwood.
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 Dogwood:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Graves County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Massac County
- Pope 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dogwood) 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 Dogwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |