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 Duncan (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 Duncan. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Duncan is located in Casey 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 Casey County : Adair , Boyle , Lincoln , Marion , Pulaski , Russell & Taylor .
Below are the counties that are near Duncan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Duncan:
Casey County (The home county of Duncan)
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Middleburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Yosemite (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Bethelridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bethelridge is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge Ware (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Ware is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Argyle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Argyle is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle Gilpin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Liberty (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Cantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Cantown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Butchertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Butchertown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown Mintonville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Mintonville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville Labascus (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Evona (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Evona is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona Phil (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Phil is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Barnett Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Pellyton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Eunice (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Neatsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Casey Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Feathersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Speck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Speck is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Ella (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Sano (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Sano is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano Dunbar Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar Hill Knifley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Purdy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Gentrys Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Gentrys Mill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Shelby City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Shelby City is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City Junction City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Alum Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Parksville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Wilsonville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Danville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hedgeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hedgeville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville Forkland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Clifton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Clifton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Davis Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Davis Hill is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Hill Little Needmore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Little Needmore is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Needmore West Danville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
West Danville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danville Mitchellsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Lancaster (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville Cartersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Bryantsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lowell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lowell is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Paint Lick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Nina (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Nina is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nina Stone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Stone is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Harlan County
Rutherford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Rutherford is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford Jessamine County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Little Hickman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickman Hall (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hall is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Kings Mountain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain South Fork (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Waynesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg New Salem (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Geneva (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Mount Salem (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem McKinney (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Highland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Jumbo (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Jumbo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Miracle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Miracle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Blue Lick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick Chicken Bristle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle Halls Gap (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Wallaceton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Wallaceton is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton Slate Lick (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Slate Lick is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick Buggytown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Buggytown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buggytown Happy Landing (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Happy Landing is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Landing Kirksville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Kirksville is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville Round Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Round Hill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Berea (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Middletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Middletown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Silver Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Silver Creek is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Cottonburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Cottonburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonburg Duncanon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Duncanon is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanon Farristown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Farristown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farristown Peytontown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Peytontown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytontown Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Gravel Switch (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Riley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Bradfordsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Penick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Salleetown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Poplar Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Corner is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner Peck Ford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Greenbriar (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Phillipsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Nevada (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Nevada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Dixville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Dixville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Burgin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Stewart (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Stewart is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Harrodsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Montgomery County
Hedgeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hedgeville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville Hedgeville has also been known as:
Hedges Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Eubank (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ansel (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Bee Lick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Science Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dabney (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Walnut Grove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Coin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Nancy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Somerset (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Grundy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Shopville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Shopville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville Faubush (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Ottawa (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Gum Sulphur (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Brodhead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hansford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Mount Vernon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Renfro Valley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Conway (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Conway is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Wildie (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Orlando (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Disputanta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Mullins (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Climax (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Livingston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Salem (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Middletown is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Mannsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Washington County
Jenkinsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Jenkinsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Frazer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Frazer is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Mill Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Mill Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Duncan, see our County-by-County Page for Duncan .
Cemeteries Near Duncan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Duncan.
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 Duncan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Duncan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Wall Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Falconbury Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Grove Ridge Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
South Fork Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Dunham Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Benton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Gooch Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Waters Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Greenbriar Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Pleasant Point Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wilcher Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Friendship Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (438 more) ...
Double Spring Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Leach Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Cloyd - Hicks Family Graveyard (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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, Duncan had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Duncan, with the one closest to Duncan listed first.
Kings Mountain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain South Fork (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Waynesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg Mount Salem (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Middleburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Yosemite (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
McKinney (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eubank (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Highland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Bethelridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bethelridge is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge Ottenheim (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim Hustonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Estesburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Estesburg is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estesburg Maywood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Maywood is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Liberty (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Duncan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Duncan .
Newspapers Published in Duncan ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Duncan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Duncan, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Duncan.
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 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 Duncan:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Garrard County Harlan County Jessamine County Lincoln County Madison County Marion County Mercer County Montgomery County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Washington County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Duncan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Duncan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Duncan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.