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 Geneva (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 Geneva. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Geneva is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Posey (IN), Vanderburgh (IN), Warrick (IN), Daviess, McLean, Union & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Geneva. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Geneva:
- Henderson County (The home county of Geneva)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Smith Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Corydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- White City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Niagara
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Robards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baskett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Bluff City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hebbardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Reed
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Carlinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Curdsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Saint Joseph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Birk City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- West Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moseleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Jewel City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Nebo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Hanson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Beech Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Calhoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Rumsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Hitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Chapman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Morganfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Grangertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Dekoven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Poole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sebree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Vanderburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Onton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Lisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheatcroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Slaughters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- West Wheatcroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blackford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- New Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Inman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Shawneetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Saline Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Lamb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Maunie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Emma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Herald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Warrenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Haubstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mounts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Fort Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Caborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Hovey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Blairsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Hepburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Oliver
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Solitude
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Saint Wendel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Wadesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Savah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Cynthiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Richland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Smythe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Melody Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- McCutchanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Armstrong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Darmstadt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Inglefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Martin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Daylight
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Newburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Dayville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Chandler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elberfeld
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Geneva, see our County-by-County Page for Geneva.
Cemeteries Near Geneva ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geneva.
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 Geneva - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Geneva covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- Clay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stroud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Corydon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burbanks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Agnew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meahl Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Sights Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Geneva had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Geneva, with the one closest to Geneva listed first.
- West Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Franklin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
- Corydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weaverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weaverton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverton
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jonesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
- Rankin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rankin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Vaughan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Hitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Anthoston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anthoston is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthoston
- Saint Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Vincent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
- Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Geneva. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geneva.
Newspapers Published in Geneva ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geneva.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Geneva, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Geneva.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Geneva:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daviess County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- White County
- Gibson County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Geneva, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Geneva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |