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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 Haleys Mill (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 Haleys Mill. 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 Haleys Mill ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Haleys Mill: Haleys Ml. (or less commonly used: Haleys Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Haleys Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Haleys Mill may originally have been Haley's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Haleys Mill might be written as Haley Mill.
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 southeast 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 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.
Haleys Mill is located in Christian 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 Christian County: Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg, Montgomery (TN) & Stewart (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Haleys Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haleys Mill:
- Christian County (The home county of Haleys Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Crofton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hopkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Pembroke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Church Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Gracey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Newstead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Herndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Harreldsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Quality
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Silver City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Claxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Cobb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Lewistown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Hopson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- McGowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nortonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Mortons Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Earlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fiddle Bow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Manitou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Agnes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Justice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Wolf Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Lost City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Cave Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Sacramento
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Bancroft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Depoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Rosewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nebo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Powderly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Beech Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Belton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Beechmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Ceralvo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Rockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Clifty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Allegre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Sharon Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Hadensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Guthrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Cerulean
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Wallonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cadiz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County (TN)
- Stryker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haleys Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Haleys Mill.
Cemeteries Near Haleys Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haleys Mill.
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 Haleys Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haleys Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Dunning Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ebling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wynns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spurling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharbers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weathers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Johnston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prowse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Prowse Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prowse Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prowse Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the southwest of Greenville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75635 <3>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Haleys Mill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haleys Mill, with the one closest to Haleys Mill listed first.
- Fruit Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fruit Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Kirkmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Crofton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Kelly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mannington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mannington is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannington
- Nortonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allegre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- McNary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McNary is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
- Depoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Era
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Era is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mortons Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haleys Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haleys Mill.
Newspapers Published in Haleys Mill ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haleys Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haleys Mill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haleys Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Haleys Mill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Christian County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Caldwell County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Montgomery County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haleys Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Haleys Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |