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 Handyville (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 Handyville. 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 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.
Handyville is located in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Spencer (IN), Warrick (IN), Hancock, Henderson, McLean & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Handyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Handyville:
- Daviess County (The home county of Handyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Browns Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Utica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Masonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- West Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owensboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Curdsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Philpot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birk City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Ensor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Oklahoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge County
- Vanzant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Pellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Lewisport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Cabot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Hawesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Hebbardsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Bluff City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Reed
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Niagara
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Carlinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Spottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Robards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Baskett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Jewel City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Hanson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Buel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Livermore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lemon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sacramento
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Lynn City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Central City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Earles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Cleaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Bevier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nebo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Powderly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luzerne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Nonnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Buford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Beda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Centertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Deanefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Hartford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aetnaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Ceralvo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Dundee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Beaver Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McHenry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Fordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Onton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Sebree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Slaughters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Poole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vanderburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Perry County (IN)
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Reo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Rockport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richland City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Rock Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Grandview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Chrisney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Smythe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Dayville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Newburgh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- De Gonia Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Stevenson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Chandler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Eames
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eames is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Handyville, see our County-by-County Page for Handyville.
Cemeteries Near Handyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Handyville.
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 Handyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Handyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Hix Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbriar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sorgho Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery
- The Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mapel Mount Cemetery
- Bethbara Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Travis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
While we didn't find Handyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Handyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Handyville, with the one closest to Handyville listed first.
- Browns Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Utica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sutherland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutherland is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Panther
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Panther is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Pettit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Buel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Livia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livia is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livia
- Rome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Cleopatra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cleopatra is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopatra
- Masonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Handyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Handyville.
Newspapers Published in Handyville ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Handyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Handyville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Handyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Handyville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Webster County
- Perry 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 Handyville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Handyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |