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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 Flaherty (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 Flaherty. 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.

Flaherty is located in Meade 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 Meade County: Crawford (IN), Harrison (IN), Perry (IN), Breckinridge & Hardin.

Below are the counties that are near Flaherty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flaherty:

  • Meade County     (The home county of Flaherty)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Maples Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Garrett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Garrett is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
    • Grahamton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Grahamton is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton
    • Big Spring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lickskillet
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lickskillet is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
    • Van Voorhis Manor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor
    • Buck Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillgrove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillgrove is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
    • Rock Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Rock Haven is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Muldraugh
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ekron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Guston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Guston is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
  • Breckinridge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Custer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dyer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Irvington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Constantine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Webster
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Buras
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Garfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Raymond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hudson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Harned
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Se Ree
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
    • Westview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bullitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Pitt's Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitt's Point is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt's Point
    • Cupio
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lebanon Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Belmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bardstown Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Shepherdsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clermont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Brooks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Chase
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
    • Hillview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillview is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
    • Hebron Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
    • Hunters Hollow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Grayson County
  • Hardin County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Kosmosdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairie Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Prairie Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
    • Fairdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollyvilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollyvilla is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyvilla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 554 people
    • Pleasure Ridge Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasure Ridge Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Ridge Park
    • South Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • South Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Heritage Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Dennis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis
    • South Park View
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • South Park View is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
    • Shively
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Okolona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Larue County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Tonieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roanoke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hodgenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • White City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Larue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffalo is located in Larue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.
    • Boston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Nelsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Deatsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Deatsville is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville
    • Bellwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cravens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cravens is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
    • New Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Samuels
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Samuels is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels
    • Culvertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Culvertown is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culvertown
    • Hunters
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hunters is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Crawford County (IN)
  • Harrison County (IN)
  • Perry County (IN)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flaherty, see our County-by-County Page for Flaherty.

Cemeteries Near Flaherty ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flaherty.

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 Flaherty - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flaherty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.

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, Flaherty had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Flaherty, with the one closest to Flaherty listed first.

  • Vine Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Garrett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Garrett is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
  • Big Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Red Hill is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Grahamton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grahamton is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton
  • Hillgrove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillgrove is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
  • Rineyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rock Haven is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
  • Muldraugh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ekron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Guston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Guston is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
  • Bewleyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bewleyville is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewleyville
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Howe Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
    • Saint John
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brandenburg Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brandenburg Station is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandenburg Station

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flaherty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flaherty.

Newspapers Published in Flaherty ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flaherty.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flaherty, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flaherty.

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 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 Flaherty:

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>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 Flaherty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Flaherty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.