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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 Forest Retreat (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 Forest Retreat. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Forest Retreat is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Bourbon, Estill, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Powell.
Below are the counties that are near Forest Retreat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Retreat:
- Clark County (The home county of Forest Retreat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Winchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Renick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Wyandotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Clark County
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- Pine Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Clark County
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- Boonesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boonesboro is located in Clark County
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- Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ford is located in Clark County
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- Kiddville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Log Lick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Bath County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Peeled Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Hooktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hooktown is located in Bath County
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- Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Bath County
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- Reynoldsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Bath County
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- Little Slate Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olympia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- East Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Fork is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Austerlitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- Clintonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
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- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
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- North Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock is located in Bourbon County
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- Jackstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jackstown is located in Bourbon County
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- Kiserton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kiserton is located in Bourbon County
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- Millersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shawhan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shawhan is located in Bourbon County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Witt Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Witt Springs is located in Estill County
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- Winston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winston is located in Estill County
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- Irvine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Locust Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Fayette County
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- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Fayette County
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- Uttingertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Uttingertown is located in Fayette County
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- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Fayette County
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- Muir
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muir is located in Fayette County
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- Cadentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cadentown is located in Fayette County
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- Montrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Fayette County
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- Elmendorf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmendorf is located in Fayette County
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- Deep Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
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- Fairway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
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- Jimtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Fayette County
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- Russell Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Cave is located in Fayette County
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- Fleming County
- Sherburne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherburne is located in Fleming County
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- Garrard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Stone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Garrard County
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- Nina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nina is located in Garrard County
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- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Garrard County
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- Paint Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harlan County
- Rutherford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford is located in Harlan County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Cynthiana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Poindexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Harrison County
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- Oddville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oddville is located in Harrison County
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- Sylvandell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvandell is located in Harrison County
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- Jessamine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Logana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logana is located in Jessamine County
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- Brannon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brannon is located in Jessamine County
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- Catnip ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Catnip is located in Jessamine County
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- Mount Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Jessamine County
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- Nicholasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pollard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pollard is located in Jessamine County
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- Hanly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hanly is located in Jessamine County
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- Jessamine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jessamine is located in Jessamine County
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- Vineyard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyard is located in Jessamine County
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- Keene
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dixon Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dixon Town is located in Jessamine County
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- Little Hickman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County
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- Lawrence County
- Adeline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adeline is located in Lawrence County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Doylesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
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- Redhouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Redhouse is located in Madison County
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- Blue Grass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Grass is located in Madison County
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- Union City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Madison County
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- College Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
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- Valley View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley View is located in Madison County
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- Hillcrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Madison County
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- Cuzick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cuzick is located in Madison County
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- Stringtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Madison County
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- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Madison County
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- Elliston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Madison County
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- Baldwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Madison County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Means
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Grassy Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Prewitt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Reid Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Levee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Judy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Spencer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Jeffersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Carlisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Pleasant Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Nicholas County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Westbend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
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- Virden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virden is located in Powell County
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- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Powell County
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- Powell Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Valley is located in Powell County
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- Waltersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
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- Clay City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Piggville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Piggville is located in Powell County
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- Old Clay City Road
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
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- Paint Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
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- Morris Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
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- Vaughns Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County
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- North Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- New Zion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Zion is located in Scott County
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- Newtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Scott County
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- Clabber Bottom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clabber Bottom is located in Scott County
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- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Herdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Herdon is located in Scott County
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- Indian Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Scott County
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- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Scott County
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- Payne's Depot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Payne's Depot is located in Scott County
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- Payne's Depot has also been known as:
- Paynes
- Peak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peak is located in Scott County
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- Zion Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zion Hill is located in Scott County
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- Boydtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boydtown is located in Scott County
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- Cranetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranetown is located in Scott County
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- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Faywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Faywood is located in Woodford County
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- Gaybourn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gaybourn is located in Woodford County
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- Pisgah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Woodford County
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- Davistown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Davistown is located in Woodford County
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- Firmantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Firmantown is located in Woodford County
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- Pinckard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pinckard is located in Woodford County
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- Hunter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hunter Town is located in Woodford County
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- Bonita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bonita is located in Woodford County
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- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nugent Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nugent Crossroads is located in Woodford County
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- Wallace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wallace is located in Woodford County
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- Woodford Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodford Village is located in Woodford County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Retreat, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Retreat.
Cemeteries Near Forest Retreat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Retreat.
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 Forest Retreat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Retreat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Daniel Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarmont Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Stone Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prewitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gist Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Parrish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Irvin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rupard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- Hayden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greene Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Block Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Forest Retreat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Retreat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Retreat, with the one closest to Forest Retreat listed first.
- Colby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colby is located in Clark County
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- Winchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tebbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tebbs is located in Clark County
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- Renick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Becknerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Becknerville is located in Clark County
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- Wyandotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Clark County
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- Flanagan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flanagan is located in Clark County
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- Austerlitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- Clintonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
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- Pine Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Clark County
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- Elkin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Clark County
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- Hunt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt is located in Clark County
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- Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Fayette County
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- Chilesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chilesburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilesburg
- Ruckerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruckerville is located in Clark County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Retreat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Retreat.
Newspapers Published in Forest Retreat ...
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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Retreat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Retreat, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Retreat.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Forest Retreat:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Bourbon County
- Estill County
- Fayette County
- Fleming County
- Garrard County
- Harlan County
- Harrison County
- Jessamine County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Nicholas County
- Powell County
- Scott County
- Woodford 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> | 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 Forest Retreat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Retreat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |