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 Haynesville (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 Haynesville. 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 southeast 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 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.
Haynesville is located in Ohio 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 Ohio County: Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, McLean & Muhlenberg.
Below are the counties that are near Haynesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haynesville:
- Ohio County (The home county of Haynesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Aetnaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Fordsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deanefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Olaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Buford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Horse Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Hartford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Arnold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Tar Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Vanzant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Glen Dean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Cloverport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McQuady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Falls-of-Rough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hardinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McDaniels
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harned
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Se Ree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Stephensport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Oklahoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Philpot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ensor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Masonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Yelvington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Maceo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Owensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Moseleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- West Louisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Yeaman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Short Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Indian Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Spring Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Duff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Caneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Leitchfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Cabot
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Pellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Patesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Hawesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lewisport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Pierce Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Livermore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Meade County
- Rhodelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Tobinsport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Cannelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tell City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lilly Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Gerald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Derby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ranger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Dexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Leopold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Grandview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Evanston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Reo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Lamar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chrisney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Richland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Clay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haynesville, see our County-by-County Page for Haynesville.
Cemeteries Near Haynesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haynesville.
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 Haynesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haynesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roseville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Aetnaville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bellamy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wedding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCarty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fordsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boling Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (319 more) ...
- Ralph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Haynesville had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Aetnaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Magan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Magan is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magan
- Patesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Whitesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Floral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floral is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Askin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Askin is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askin
- Adaburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adaburg is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaburg
- Tar Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Sulphur Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shreve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shreve is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreve
- Rockvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockvale is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
- Knottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knottsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haynesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haynesville.
Newspapers Published in Haynesville ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haynesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haynesville, 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 Haynesville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Haynesville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Ohio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Perry County
- Spencer 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 Haynesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Haynesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |