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 Folsomdale (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 Folsomdale. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Folsomdale is located in Graves 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 Graves County: Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Henry (TN) & Weakley (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Folsomdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Folsomdale:
- Graves County (The home county of Folsomdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Boaz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Viola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Pottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Hickory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Melber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Westplains
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Lowes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fancy Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Sedalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Blandville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kevil
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- La Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Barlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Kirksey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Harris Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Murray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Kirbyton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Milburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cayce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Fulgham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Spring Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Ledbetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rivers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Burna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Tiline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Sharpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Scale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Dogtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Tatumsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Hardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilbertsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Fairdealing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Krebs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Massac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Lone Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Hendron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Camelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Oakdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Reidland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Paducah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Paducah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Future City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Grahamville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Cimota City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Cairo Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Brookport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Massac City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Joppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Big Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Mound City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olmsted
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obion County (TN)
- South Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Folsomdale, see our County-by-County Page for Folsomdale.
Cemeteries Near Folsomdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Folsomdale.
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 Folsomdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Folsomdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelton Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Church Cemetery
- The Shelton Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shelton Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kansas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Cemetery
- The Kansas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Diggs Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Armistead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Straub Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Allcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Mayfield.
- The Trinity UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #225526 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Folsomdale had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Folsomdale, with the one closest to Folsomdale listed first.
- Viola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Boaz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Kansas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Hickory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Melber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Kaler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Fancy Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Clear Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Massac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Kirbyton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Folsomdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Folsomdale.
Newspapers Published in Folsomdale ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Folsomdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Folsomdale, 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 Folsomdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Folsomdale:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Graves County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Alexander County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Obion 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 '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- Folsomdale) 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 Folsomdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |