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 Dycusburg (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 Dycusburg. 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.
Dycusburg is located in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Hardin (IL), Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, Union & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Dycusburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dycusburg:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Dycusburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Crayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Tolu
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crider
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Creswell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McGowan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Lewistown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Hopson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Claxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Calloway County
- Dexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Christian County
- Bainbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Graves County
- Symsonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Dawson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fiddle Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Pinckneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Burna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Grand Rivers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Smithland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Ledbetter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carrsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Eddyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Kuttawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Lamasco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Tatumsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Sharpe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Fairdealing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Reidland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Paducah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Krebs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Hendron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Wallonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cadiz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cerulean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Sullivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Grangertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dekoven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Blackford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cave-In-Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Elizabethtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Lamb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Karbers Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Massac City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Hartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dycusburg, see our County-by-County Page for Dycusburg.
Cemeteries Near Dycusburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dycusburg.
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 Dycusburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dycusburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Dycusburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Groves Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cobb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caldwell Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Koons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Asbridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tiline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mathews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (548 more) ...
- Owens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leeper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Dycusburg had a population of 375 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2010, Dycusburg had a population of 26 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dycusburg, with the one closest to Dycusburg listed first.
- Pinckneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Frances
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Iuka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Kuttawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bakers is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Vicksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Carmack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Levias
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Levias is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levias
- Gilbertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grand Rivers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dulaney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crider
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dycusburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dycusburg.
Newspapers Published in Dycusburg ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dycusburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dycusburg, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dycusburg.
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 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 Dycusburg:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Christian County
- Graves County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Hardin 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> | 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 Dycusburg, 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 from Point A (ie- Dycusburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |