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 Eden (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 Eden. 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 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.
Eden is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Eden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eden:
- Butler County (The home county of Eden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Aberdeen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Morgantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mining City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Dunbar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Provo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Welch's Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Jetson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vanzant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Horn Back Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Glen Dean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- McDaniels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Oklahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Roundhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Lindseyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Bee Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sweeden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kyrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Rhoda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Spring Lick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Yeaman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Short Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Black Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Duff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Leitchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Clarkson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- Cabot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Wolf Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Agnes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Lost City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- South Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Skilesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ennis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Belton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Beechmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Browder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drakesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nonnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Beech Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Bevier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Dunmor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Central City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Select
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Arnold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Horse Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Echols
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Olaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Centertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Rockland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Richardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Springhill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Plum Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Rockfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Gotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eden, see our County-by-County Page for Eden.
Cemeteries Near Eden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eden.
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 Eden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Hill Haven Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whalen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Daugherty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shields Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Big Muddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rone 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 Eden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Aberdeen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Morgantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dexterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- Logansport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Logansport is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Mining City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Select
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- South Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Welch's Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Arnold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Prentiss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prentiss is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Renfrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Renfrow is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Skilesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eden.
Newspapers Published in Eden ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eden, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Eden:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Warren 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 Eden, 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' (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- Eden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |