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 Ilsley (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 Ilsley. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ilsley is located in Hopkins 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 Hopkins County: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, McLean, Muhlenberg & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Ilsley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ilsley:
- Hopkins County (The home county of Ilsley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Saint Charles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Dawson Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Fiddle Bow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Earlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mortons Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nortonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Dalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Madisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manitou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Claxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Lewistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- McGowan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Cobb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Princeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Hopson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Crider
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Fredonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Bluff Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Gracey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Hopkinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Newstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Piney Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Lamasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carmack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Sacramento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Calhoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Graham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Earles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Bancroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Depoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Luzerne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nebo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Lynn City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Powderly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Central City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- South Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Bevier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Allegre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Cerulean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wallonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cadiz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Trigg Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Union County
- Sullivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Vanderburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Slaughters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Free Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Blackford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Onton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Sebree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Poole
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ilsley, see our County-by-County Page for Ilsley.
Cemeteries Near Ilsley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ilsley.
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 Ilsley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ilsley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Union Temple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Christian Privilege Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Menser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gamblin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Southard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shyflat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Richland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ausenbaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Terry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McNeely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Creekmur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ilsley had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ilsley, with the one closest to Ilsley listed first.
- Saint Charles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Earlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mannington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mannington is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannington
- Nortonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mortons Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Claxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Dalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Madisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Crofton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Manitou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Era
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Era is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Nebo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ilsley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ilsley.
Newspapers Published in Ilsley ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ilsley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ilsley, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ilsley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ilsley:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hopkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Lyon County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster 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 Ilsley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ilsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |