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 Hillsdale (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 Hillsdale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hillsdale is located in Simpson 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 Simpson County: Allen, Logan, Warren, Robertson (TN) & Sumner (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Hillsdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hillsdale:
- Simpson County (The home county of Hillsdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Gold City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Neosheo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Trammel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Red Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Halifax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Petroleum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Yesse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Adolphus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meador
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Cedar Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Oak Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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 Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Austin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Lucas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beckton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Haywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Richelieu
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Quality
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Harreldsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Silver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- South Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Schochoh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Adairville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lost City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Cave Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Wolf Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Monroe County
- Fountain Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Drake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Woodburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Alvaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Bowling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Claypool
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Hadley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Richardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Green Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Black Jack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Mulloy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Orlinda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Jernigan Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- White House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barren Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Mitchellville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Portland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Fountain Head
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- New Deal
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Hall Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Rock Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Westmoreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads
- South Tunnel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Tunnel is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunnel
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hillsdale, see our County-by-County Page for Hillsdale.
Cemeteries Near Hillsdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillsdale.
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 Hillsdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hillsdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marthas Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- The Old Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenbriar Cemetery
- Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Franklin.
- The Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Franklin Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Shady Rest Cemetery
- Shadyrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #74144 <2>
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walthall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sherry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (596 more) ...
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Mennonite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Hillsdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hillsdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
- Temperance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Gold City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Woodburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Mount Aerial
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Rich Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Hickory Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Trammel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Rockfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- New Roe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Roe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Roe
- Alonzo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alonzo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Memphis Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Mitchellville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hillsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hillsdale.
Newspapers Published in Hillsdale ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillsdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillsdale, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillsdale.
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 Hillsdale:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Simpson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Warren 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> | 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 Hillsdale, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hillsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |