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 Heater (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 Heater. 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 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.
Heater 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 Heater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heater:
- Livingston County (The home county of Heater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Smithland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tiline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Burna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Grand Rivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ledbetter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Ceredo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crider
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Creswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McGowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Hopson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Lewistown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Dycusburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Tolu
(21 miles [33.8 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 Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Symsonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Boaz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Westplains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- West Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Hickory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Lowes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Pottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Kuttawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Carmack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Lamasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Calvert City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Gilbertsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sharpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Tatumsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dogtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Reidland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hendron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lone Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- West Paducah
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grahamville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Camelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Future City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Webster County
- Blackford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Elizabethtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Rock Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lamb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Karbers Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Reevesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Unionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Massac City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Big Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Joppa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Leisure City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Hartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heater, see our County-by-County Page for Heater.
Cemeteries Near Heater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heater.
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 Heater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Heater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chappell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Robertson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Durham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leeper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tracey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (571 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Smithland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75820 <3>
- Hampton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Heater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heater, with the one closest to Heater listed first.
- Vicksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Smithland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hamletsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iuka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Pinckneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- New Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Liberty is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Calvert City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Gilbertsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dycusburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Birdsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Little Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Grand Rivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frances
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heater.
Newspapers Published in Heater ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heater, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heater.
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 websites either 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 Heater:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Webster County
- Hardin County
- Johnson 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heater) 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 Heater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |