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 Evona (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 Evona. 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.
Evona 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 Evona. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evona:
Casey County (The home county of Evona)
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Teddy (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Teddy is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy Labascus (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Phil (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Phil is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Cantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cantown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Gilpin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Evans Ford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Evans Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford Rubert Ford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Rubert Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford Windsor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Mintonville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Mintonville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville Dunnville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dunnville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville Argyle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Argyle is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle Honey Acre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Honey Acre is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Acre Rheber (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Rheber is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Pellyton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Barnett Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Eunice (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Neatsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Sano (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Sano is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano Ella (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Casey Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Dunbar Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar Hill Gentrys Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Gentrys Mill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill Knifley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Purdy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Feathersburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Christine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Christine is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Forkland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Junction City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Parksville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Shelby City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Shelby City is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City Wilsonville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Aliceton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Alum Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Brumfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Mitchellsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Craintown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Craintown is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Cumberland City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Cumberland City is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City Alpha (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Alpha is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha Green County
Roachville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Roachville is located in Green County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Mount Salem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem New Salem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Waynesburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg Kings Mountain (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain South Fork (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Geneva (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva McKinney (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Hustonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Chicken Bristle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle Highland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Jumbo (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Jumbo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Moreland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Miracle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Miracle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Bradfordsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Salleetown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Phillipsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Gravel Switch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Greenbriar (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Peck Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Riley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Calvary (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Calvary is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Penick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Jessietown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Jessietown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown New Market (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
New Market is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Faubush (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Ansel (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Vinnie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Vinnie is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie Nancy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Science Hill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Eubank (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Somerset (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dabney (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Ferguson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ferguson is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
Grundy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Bronston (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Coin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Burnside (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Ottawa (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Gum Sulphur (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Hansford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Brodhead (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Salem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Middletown is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Jamestown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Esto (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Esto is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto Stokes ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stokes is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Lula ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Lula is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula Freedom (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Freedom is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Long Bottom (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Long Bottom is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Mannsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Campbellsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Saloma (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Saloma is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Mill Springs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mill Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs Rankin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Rankin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Frazer (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Frazer is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Parnell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Parnell is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell Monticello (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Murl (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Murl is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl Shearer Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley Sumpter (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Sumpter is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evona, see our County-by-County Page for Evona .
Cemeteries Near Evona ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evona.
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 Evona - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evona covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Combast Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Baldock Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bowmer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Williams Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Roberts Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Carson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Russell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jenny Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Antioch Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jones Graveyard (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Contown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bradley's Pleasure Memorial Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (556 more) ...
Phelps Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Allen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Thomastown 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 in 1895, Evona had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evona, with the one closest to Evona listed first.
Labascus (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Phil (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Phil is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Gilpin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Mintonville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Mintonville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville Dunnville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dunnville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville Pointer (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Pointer is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointer Bethelridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bethelridge is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge Liberty (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Webbs Cross Roads (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Webbs Cross Roads is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Cross Roads Fonthill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fonthill is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonthill Pellyton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Faubush (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Continue List (20 more) ...
Burnetta (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Burnetta is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetta Ansel (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Yosemite (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evona. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evona .
Newspapers Published in Evona ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evona.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evona, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Evona.
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 Evona:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Clinton County Green County Lincoln County Marion County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Evona. 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 Evona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.