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 Flat Rock (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 Flat Rock. 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.
Name Variations for Flat Rock ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Flatrock.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flat Rock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Rock.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Flat Rock is located in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County: Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon & Trigg.
Below are the counties that are near Flat Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Rock:
- Caldwell County (The home county of Flat Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Creswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Crider
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Fredonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dulaney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- McGowan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Claxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Hopson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Bainbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Empire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gracey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Piney Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dycusburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Sheridan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Dalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Dawson Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fiddle Bow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Richland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Nebo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Earlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Madisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mortons Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Nortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Pinckneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tiline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Lola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Grand Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Burna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Smithland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carrsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Ledbetter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Eddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kuttawa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Carmack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Tatumsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Fairdealing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Wallonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Trigg Furnace
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Cerulean
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cadiz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Sullivan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Grangertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dekoven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Blackford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Providence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Wheatcroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lisman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Free Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Dixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Vanderburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Slaughters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Cave-In-Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Lamb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Saline Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Shetlerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Rock.
Cemeteries Near Flat Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Rock.
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 Flat Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Asher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rowland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Livingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northeast of Fredonia.
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75559 <3>
- Fralick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Craig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (501 more) ...
- Holeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Flat Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Enon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Enon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Creswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Rufus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
- Fredonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Crider
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- White Sulphur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Dulaney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frances
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Repton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Repton is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Piney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Piney is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Rock.
Newspapers Published in Flat Rock ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Rock, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Rock.
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 Flat Rock:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Caldwell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Hardin County
- Pope 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Flat Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Flat Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |