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 Houston Acres (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 Houston Acres. 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.
Houston Acres is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Houston Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houston Acres:
Jefferson County (The home county of Houston Acres)
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Cambridge (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cambridge is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
Saint Regis Park (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Saint Regis Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Regis Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
Lincolnshire (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lincolnshire is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnshire Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
Forest Hills (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Forest Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
Hurstbourne Acres (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hurstbourne Acres is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurstbourne Acres Population from the 2020 Census: 1,894 people
Meadowview Estates (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Meadowview Estates is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
Beechwood Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Bellemeade (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Bellemeade is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemeade Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
Hurstbourne (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hurstbourne is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurstbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 4,397 people
Broad Fields (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Broad Fields is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Fields Fairmeade (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fairmeade is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmeade Buechel (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Anderson County
Van Buren (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Van Buren is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Hunters Hollow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Hebron Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Pioneer Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Whitfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Brooks (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Fox Chase (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Hillview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Mount Washington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Shepherdsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Solitude (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Bardstown Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Clermont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
West Point (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Howard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Prichard Place (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Rose Terrace (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Colesburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Dietz Acres (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Jericho (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Smithfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Eminence (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Sulphur (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Pleasureville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
New Castle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Campbellsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence County
Castle ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Castle is located in Lawrence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Pilcher Landing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Lickskillet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Rock Haven (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Highgrove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Deatsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Coxs Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Samuels (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Fairfield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Hunters (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Bourbon Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Nazareth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Bloomfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Withrow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Withrow is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow Cravens (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Cravens is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Orchard Grass Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Pewee Valley (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Crestwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Goshen (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Harmony Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Buckner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Westport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Russell Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Finchville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Chestnut Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Figgs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Shelbyville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Southville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Clay Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Cropper (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Christianburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Christianburg is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg Waddy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bagdad (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Normandy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Trimble County
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Bedford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Pleasant (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Arctic Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Oak Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Utica (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Jeffersonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Watson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Clarksville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Prather (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Blackiston Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Sellersburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Speed (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Charlestown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Bennettsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
New Albany (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Galena (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Georgetown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Greenville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Locust Point (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Elizabeth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Lanesville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
New Middletown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Crandall (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Bradford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Dogwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood New Salisbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction Corydon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Laconia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Palmyra (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson County (IN)
Chelsea (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Chelsea is located in Jefferson County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Scott County (IN)
Lexington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Bartle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle New Pekin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houston Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Houston Acres .
Cemeteries Near Houston Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houston Acres.
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 Houston Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Houston Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Memorial Cemetery The Resthaven Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery Resthaven Cemetery Resthaven Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75706 <2>
Jeffersontown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Breckinridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Forest Home Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Country Home Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Middletown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Chenoweth Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Cave Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Calvary Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Prather Family Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Continue List (412 more) ...
Pennsylvania Run Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsylvania Run Cemetery The Pennsylvania Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Penn Run Cemetery Penn Run Memorial Park Pennsylvania Run Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #218002 <2>
Cave Hill National Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Eastern Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Houston Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Houston Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houston Acres, with the one closest to Houston Acres listed first.
Buechel (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Beechwood Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Jeffersontown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Saint Matthews (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fern Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lyndon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Middletown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Anchorage (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lakeland (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lakeland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Goose Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
Prestonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Okolona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Smyrna (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Smyrna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Glenview (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Glenview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
Woodside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Woodside is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houston Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houston Acres .
Newspapers Published in Houston Acres ...
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 291 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houston Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houston Acres, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Houston Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Houston Acres:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Lawrence County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Trimble County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Jefferson County Scott County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Houston Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Houston Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Houston Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.