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 Easton (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 Easton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Easton is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Perry (IN), Spencer (IN), Breckinridge, Daviess & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Easton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Easton:
- Hancock County (The home county of Easton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Cabot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hawesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lewisport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Tar Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Vanzant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- McQuady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Glen Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Cloverport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Falls-of-Rough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hardinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harned
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- McDaniels
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Se Ree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Stephensport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Philpot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ensor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Yelvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Masonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Maceo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Owensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moseleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Yeaman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Indian Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Short Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Duff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Spring Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Leitchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Clarkson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Clifty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Pierce Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Limp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Vertrees
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Livermore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Rhodelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Concordia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Haysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Andyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Andyville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Guston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guston is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
- Payneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Sirocco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sirocco is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirocco
- Hillgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Roberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roberta is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Fordsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Olaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Horse Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Beda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Arnold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Tobinsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Cannelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gerald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Lilly Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Derby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ranger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Dexter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Leopold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Magnet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Bristow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Grandview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Rock Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Reo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Lamar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fulda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Easton, see our County-by-County Page for Easton.
Cemeteries Near Easton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Easton.
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 Easton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Easton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Newton Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beatty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boling Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wedding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roseville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fordsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Haynes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Easton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Easton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
- Haynesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haynesville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Tar Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Fordsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Askin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Askin is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askin
- Patesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Aetnaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Rockvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockvale is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
- Pellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Glen Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- McQuady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Floral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Floral is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Magan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Magan is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magan
- Shreve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shreve is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreve
- Cloverport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Easton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Easton.
Newspapers Published in Easton ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Easton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Easton, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Easton.
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 Easton:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Grayson County
- Hardin County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Perry County
- Spencer 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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 Easton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Easton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |