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 Ellisburg (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 Ellisburg. 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.
Ellisburg 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 Ellisburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellisburg:
Casey County (The home county of Ellisburg)
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Butchertown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Butchertown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown Middleburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Yosemite (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Liberty (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Atterson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Atterson is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson Cantown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cantown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Gilpin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Rheber (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Rheber is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber Creston (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Creston is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston Evans Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Evans Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford Labascus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Rubert Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Rubert Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Feathersburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Barnett Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Casey Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Speck (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Speck is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Pellyton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Knifley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Neatsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Dunbar Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar Hill Eunice (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Ella (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Holmes (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Holmes is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Purdy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Forkland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Mitchellsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Parksville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Wilsonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Alum Springs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Brumfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Junction City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Aliceton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Shelby City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Shelby City is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City Needmore (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Needmore is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore Perryville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Craintown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Craintown is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Lancaster (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Bryantsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville Stone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Stone is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cartersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Lowell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Lowell is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Nina (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Nina is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nina Paint Lick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Jessamine County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Hall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hall is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall High Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
High Bridge is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge Little Hickman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickman Wilmore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Hustonville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Milledgeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville Moreland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Mount Salem (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Chicken Bristle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle McKinney (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Geneva (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Turnersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Turnersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville New Salem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem South Fork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Blue Lick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick Boneyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Boneyville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville Madison County
Cottonburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Cottonburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonburg Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Gravel Switch (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Riley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Bradfordsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Penick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Poplar Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Corner is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner Peck Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Salleetown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Greenbriar (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Simstown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Simstown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simstown Phillipsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Calvary (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Calvary is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Lebanon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Nevada (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Nevada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Dixville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Dixville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Stewart (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Stewart is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Harrodsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Burgin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Cornishville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Cornishville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornishville Jackson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Jackson is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Braxton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Braxton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton Duncan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Duncan is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan McAfee (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
McAfee is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Mayo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mayo is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Tablow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Tablow is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tablow Montgomery County
Hedgeville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Eubank (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ansel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Bee Lick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Science Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Faubush (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Nancy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Dabney (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Walnut Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Coin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Gum Sulphur (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Ottawa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Brodhead (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Salem (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Mannsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Campbellsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Saloma (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Saloma is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma Wright's (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wright's is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's Bengal (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bengal is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Jenkinsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Jenkinsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville Mackville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mackville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
Thompsonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Springfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Saint Catharine (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Saint Catharine is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine Litsey (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Litsey is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litsey Willisburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Sharpsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Sharpsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsville Seaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Seaville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaville Brush Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brush Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Grove Mooresville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mooresville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville Pulliam (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Pulliam is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulliam Woodford County
Mundys Landing (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mundys Landing is located in Woodford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Landing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellisburg, see our County-by-County Page for Ellisburg .
Cemeteries Near Ellisburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellisburg.
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 Ellisburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellisburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Adam Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Smith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Southerland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Ellis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cox Graveyard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Butchertown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vaught Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Whitehouse Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Drye Graveyard (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Minor Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Peyton Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (399 more) ...
Purdom Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Roller Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
McCormick Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Ellisburg had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellisburg, with the one closest to Ellisburg listed first.
Hustonville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Moreland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Milledgeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville Mount Salem (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem McKinney (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Mitchellsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Yosemite (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Middleburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Alum Springs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Parksville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Liberty (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Brumfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Continue List (18 more) ...
South Fork (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Junction City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Aliceton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellisburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellisburg .
Newspapers Published in Ellisburg ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellisburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellisburg, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Ellisburg.
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 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 Ellisburg:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Garrard County Jessamine County Lincoln County Madison County Marion County Mercer County Montgomery County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Washington County Woodford County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ellisburg. 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 Ellisburg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ellisburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.