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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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.
Greenwood is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:
- Warren County (The home county of Greenwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Bowling Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Springhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Plum Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Alvaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Drake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Rockfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Woodburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Claypool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Richardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Trammel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Mount Aerial
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Halfway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Meador
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Pope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Yesse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Cedar Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Scottsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Adolphus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Beckton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Lucas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Park City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Highland Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Etoile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Richelieu
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jetson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Morgantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Dunbar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Quality
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mining City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Harreldsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Kyrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sunfish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Mammoth Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stockholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Grayson County
- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- South Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Schochoh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Lost City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Adairville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- Fountain Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Gold City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Black Jack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Prices Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Macon County (TN)
- Siloam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Black Jack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Orlinda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Mitchellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sengtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Sugar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Portland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Westmoreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Bledsoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- New Deal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.
Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.
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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Petty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Sweeney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- T L Stephens Briggs Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Isaac Stephens Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Bowling Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Memphis Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Rich Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Hardcastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Bristow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Motley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Rockfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Polkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Woodburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Girkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Claypool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Richardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Temperance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Trammel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.
Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.
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 Greenwood:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Sumner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood) 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 Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |