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 Grand Rivers (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 Grand Rivers. 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 Grand Rivers ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grand Rivers: Grand Rivs.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Grand Rivers is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Hardin (IL), Massac (IL), Pope (IL), Crittenden, Lyon, Marshall & McCracken.
Below are the counties that are near Grand Rivers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand Rivers:
- Livingston County (The home county of Grand Rivers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tiline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Smithland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ledbetter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Dulaney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crider
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hopson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- McGowan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Lewistown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Creswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Claxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Murray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Dycusburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Piney Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Symsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westplains
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Boaz
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Hickory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Melber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Lowes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Carmack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tatumsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Scale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Fairdealing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Sharpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Reidland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Krebs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Paducah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hendron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- West Paducah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Camelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cadiz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wallonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cerulean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Massac City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand Rivers, see our County-by-County Page for Grand Rivers.
Cemeteries Near Grand Rivers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand Rivers.
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 Grand Rivers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand Rivers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Varnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinnacle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frizzell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ruggle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- The Lee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lee - Dodds Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173288 <2>
- Dunn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (559 more) ...
- Sanders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Birmingham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Henderson Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Grand Rivers had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Grand Rivers had a population of 362 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand Rivers, with the one closest to Grand Rivers listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iuka
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Carmack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Palma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Palma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palma
- Briensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Briensburg is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briensburg
- Scale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Fairdealing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Little Cypress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Sharpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Iola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand Rivers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Rivers.
Newspapers Published in Grand Rivers ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Rivers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand Rivers, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand Rivers.
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 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 Grand Rivers:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Hardin County
- Massac 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> | 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 Grand Rivers, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grand Rivers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |