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 Iuka (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 Iuka. 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.
Iuka 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 Iuka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iuka:
- Livingston County (The home county of Iuka)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tiline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Ledbetter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Dulaney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crider
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McGowan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Hopson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Creswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Lewistown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Claxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Dexter
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(27 miles [43.5 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 Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Dycusburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Tolu
(24 miles [38.6 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 Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Symsonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- West Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Melber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Dawson Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Kuttawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carmack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Eddyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Tatumsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Sharpe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Dogtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Reidland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Paducah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hendron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lone Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- West Paducah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Camelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Grahamville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Wallonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cadiz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cerulean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Cave-In-Rock
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Massac City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iuka, see our County-by-County Page for Iuka.
Cemeteries Near Iuka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iuka.
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 Iuka - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iuka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Peek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Landrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Varnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Driskill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Doom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (550 more) ...
- Leeper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Groves Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Heater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Iuka had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Rivers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kuttawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dycusburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Calvert City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Carmack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Eddyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vicksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Frances
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Palma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palma
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hamletsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Liberty is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Little Cypress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iuka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iuka.
Newspapers Published in Iuka ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iuka.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iuka, 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 Iuka.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Iuka:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Hopkins County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Webster County
- Hardin 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> | 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 Iuka, 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- Iuka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |