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 Eveleigh (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 Eveleigh. 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 and doctors 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.
Eveleigh is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Eveleigh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eveleigh:
- Grayson County (The home county of Eveleigh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Duff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Leitchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Clarkson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Short Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Millwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Peonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Tousey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Shrewsbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Higdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Caneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Horn Back Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- McDaniels
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Constantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Se Ree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Westview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Dyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harned
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falls-of-Rough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glen Dean
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Garfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Jetson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Oklahoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Bee Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sunfish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Kyrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Huff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sweeden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Lindseyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Roundhill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Stockholm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rhoda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Mammoth Cave
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Cabot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Vertrees
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Eastview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Howe Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- White Mills Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Old Stephensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- White Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Spurrier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Stephensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
- Four Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Dogcreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Priceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Cub Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Bonnieville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Larue County
- Tonieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Big Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Maples Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maples Corner is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Corner
- Guston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Guston is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
- Haysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Haysville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Flaherty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaherty
- Hillgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Ekron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ekron is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Garrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Buck Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Payneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sirocco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sirocco is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirocco
- Grahamton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grahamton is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Olaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Horse Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Fordsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rosine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Aetnaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Deanefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Select
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Tobinsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Rome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eveleigh, see our County-by-County Page for Eveleigh.
Cemeteries Near Eveleigh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eveleigh.
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 Eveleigh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eveleigh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Mullin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holly MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Comer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thomason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Royalty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Leitchfield Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitchfield Memorial Gardens
- The Leitchfield Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Memorial Gardens
- Memory Gardens
- Kerr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniels 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Eveleigh had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eveleigh, with the one closest to Eveleigh listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Duff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- McDaniels
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leitchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Limp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Constantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Buras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Clarkson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Short Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- West Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clifty
- Big Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Axtel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Axtel is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eveleigh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eveleigh.
Newspapers Published in Eveleigh ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eveleigh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eveleigh, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eveleigh.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Eveleigh:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Perry 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 Eveleigh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eveleigh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |