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 Dunbar Hill (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 Dunbar Hill. 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.
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair 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 Adair County: Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Dunbar Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunbar Hill:
- Adair County (The home county of Dunbar Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Knifley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knifley is located in Adair County
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- Neatsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neatsville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville
- Casey Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Casey Creek is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek
- Eunice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eunice is located in Adair County
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- Pellyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pellyton is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton
- Barnett Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett Springs is located in Adair County
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- Purdy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Purdy is located in Adair County
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- Ella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Christine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
- Absher
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Absher is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absher
- Holmes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holmes is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
- Feathersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Feathersburg is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg
- Boyle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Forkland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forkland is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Aliceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aliceton is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton
- Brumfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brumfield is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield
- Craintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Craintown is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown
- Mitchellsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg
- Parksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Casey County
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- Dunnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dunnville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Rheber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rheber is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber
- Atterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atterson is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson
- Evans Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evans Ford is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford
- Rubert Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rubert Ford is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford
- Phil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Phil is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil
- Teddy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Teddy is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy
- Honey Acre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Acre is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Acre
- Labascus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Labascus is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus
- Cantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cantown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown
- Evona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evona is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Clinton County
- Cumberland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Bakerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bakerton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerton
- Dougan Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Roachville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roachville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
- Greensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Exie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Summersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summersville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Gabe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Liletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Allendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allendale is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Hart County
- Pascal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Larue County
- Gleanings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gleanings is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Mount Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem
- New Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Hustonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- McKinney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Waynesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
- Chicken Bristle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Kings Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Milledgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Turnersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Salleetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Salleetown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown
- Phillipsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Phillipsburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Bradfordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar
- Peck Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peck Ford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
- Jessietown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jessietown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown
- Calvary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- New Market
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Market is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Belltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belltown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick
- Riley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Edmonton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Cedar Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Knob Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Faubush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
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- Vinnie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Ansel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ansel is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
- Nancy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eubank
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Science Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Russell Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Esto is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Middletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Freedom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Lula ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Long Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Acton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Elk Horn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mannsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mannsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
- Campbellsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wright's
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wright's is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's
- Bengal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bengal is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
- Saloma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saloma is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma
- Mac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mac is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Maple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maple is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Parnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Rankin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mill Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Murl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunbar Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Dunbar Hill.
Cemeteries Near Dunbar Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunbar Hill.
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 Dunbar Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunbar Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dunbar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Damron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tedder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Absher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christie Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eastridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (496 more) ...
- Elliott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Adkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heiter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Dunbar Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunbar Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunbar Hill, with the one closest to Dunbar Hill listed first.
- Knifley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knifley is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley
- Casey Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Casey Creek is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek
- Purdy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Purdy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Pellyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pellyton is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton
- Absher
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Absher is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absher
- Clementsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clementsville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
- Cane Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cane Valley is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Valley
- Craycraft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Craycraft is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craycraft
- Gentrys Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gentrys Mill is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
- Dunnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dunnville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Webbs Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Webbs Cross Roads is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Cross Roads
- Atterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atterson is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Elk Horn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mannsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mannsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunbar Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunbar Hill.
Newspapers Published in Dunbar Hill ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunbar Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunbar Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunbar Hill.
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 helpful 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 Dunbar Hill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Adair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyle County
- Casey County
- Clinton County
- Cumberland County
- Green County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Metcalfe County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Taylor County
- Wayne 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 Dunbar Hill, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dunbar Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |