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 Dot (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 Dot. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Dot 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 Dot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dot:
- Logan County (The home county of Dot)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Keysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Adairville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olmstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Ferguson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Cave Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Schochoh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Gordonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Justice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lost City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Harreldsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Richelieu
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Quality
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Dunmor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rosewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Prices Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Neosheo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black Jack
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Salmons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Gold City
(28 miles [45.1 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 Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Allensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Hadensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Guthrie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sharon Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Woodburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Rockfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cheatham County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Henrietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Lockertsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Sycamore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Westeria ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westeria is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria
- Bearwallow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Cheap Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Neptune
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ashland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Addie ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Addie is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Ridgetop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgetop is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Joelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Morny
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morny is located in Davidson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Dickson County (TN)
- Bellsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellsburg is located in Dickson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Port Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Sango
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Swan Lake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Saint Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oak Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Wingate West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louise Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Stryker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Liverworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Barren Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Cedar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Flewellyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Orlinda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Cross Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stroudville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Crunk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crunk is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Mitchellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Johnsons Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads
- Millersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Hall Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- New Deal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
- Portland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fountain Head
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Cottontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodlettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sengtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Shackle Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shackle Island is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dot, see our County-by-County Page for Dot.
Cemeteries Near Dot ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dot.
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 Dot - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dot covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moses Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dozier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stark - Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hollingsworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (730 more) ...
- Brakefield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith - Shelton 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dot had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dot, with the one closest to Dot listed first.
- Keysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Barren Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Adairville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oakville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Olmstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Allensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Ferguson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Cave Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Forts ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forts is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forts
- Cedar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schochoh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Hadensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kinneys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kinneys is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneys
- Daysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daysville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Gordonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dot. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dot.
Newspapers Published in Dot ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dot.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dot, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dot.
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 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 Dot:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Muhlenberg County
- Simpson County
- Todd County
- Warren County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson 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> | 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 Dot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |