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 Hites Falls (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 Hites Falls. 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 Hites Falls ...
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.
While the name of this community is Hites Falls, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hites Falls may originally have been Hite's Falls.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hites Falls might be written as Hite Falls.
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 hospitals and 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.
Hites Falls is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Hites Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hites Falls:
- Grayson County (The home county of Hites Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Yeaman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Short Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Spring Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Indian Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Duff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Caneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Shrewsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Leitchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clarkson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Glen Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- McDaniels
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- McQuady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Tar Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Westview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Se Ree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Harned
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buras
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Hardinsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Aberdeen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jetson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Morgantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mining City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Woodbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Provo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Dunbar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Oklahoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Philpot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Ensor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Utica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yelvington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Browns Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Sunfish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Roundhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Cabot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hawesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Vertrees
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Howe Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- Spurrier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- White Mills Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- White Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Hart County
- Dogcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meade County
- Big Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Skilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Olaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Horse Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Fordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rosine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Aetnaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Select
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Beaver Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Warren County
- Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Tobinsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Cannelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Tell City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hites Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Hites Falls.
Cemeteries Near Hites Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hites Falls.
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 Hites Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hites Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Porters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Payton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mahurin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lahue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cane Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Deweese Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Owens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Hites Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hites Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hites Falls, with the one closest to Hites Falls listed first.
- Tousey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Shreve
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shreve is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreve
- Falls-of-Rough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Short Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Rockvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockvale is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
- Horse Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- White Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Run is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Run
- Spring Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Askin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Askin is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askin
- Glen Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Axtel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Axtel is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtel
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Rosine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hites Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hites Falls.
Newspapers Published in Hites Falls ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hites Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hites Falls, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hites Falls.
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 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 Hites Falls:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Warren County
- Perry 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> | 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 Hites Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hites Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |