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 Jacktown (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 Jacktown. 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.
Jacktown is located in Casey 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 Casey County : Adair , Boyle , Lincoln , Marion , Pulaski , Russell & Taylor .
Below are the counties that are near Jacktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jacktown:
Casey County (The home county of Jacktown)
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Butchertown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Butchertown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown Atterson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Atterson is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson Liberty (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Creston (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Creston is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston Rheber (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Rheber is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber Middleburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Middleburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Yosemite (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cantown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Cantown is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Evans Ford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Evans Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford Rubert Ford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Rubert Ford is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford Gilpin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Gilpin is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Labascus (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Labascus is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Feathersburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Speck (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Speck is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Barnett Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Casey Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Pellyton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Knifley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Dunbar Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Dunbar Hill is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar Hill Eunice (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Neatsville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Ella (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Holmes (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Holmes is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Purdy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Forkland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Aliceton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Brumfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Mitchellsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Craintown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Craintown is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown Parksville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Wilsonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Perryville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Alum Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Junction City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Atoka (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Atoka is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka Needmore (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Needmore is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Lancaster (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Bryantsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville Green County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Roachville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Roachville is located in Green County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville Greensburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Summersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Summersville is located in Green County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville Jessamine County
High Bridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
High Bridge is located in Jessamine County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge Larue County
Gleanings (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Gleanings is located in Larue County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Hustonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Moreland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Mount Salem (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Milledgeville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville Chicken Bristle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle New Salem (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Geneva (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva McKinney (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
South Fork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Turnersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Turnersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville Blue Lick (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick Jumbo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Jumbo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Bradfordsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Riley (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Salleetown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Penick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Greenbriar (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Peck Ford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Poplar Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Corner is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner Phillipsburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Calvary (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Calvary is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Lebanon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Simstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Simstown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simstown Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Stewart (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Stewart is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Dixville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dixville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Nevada (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Nevada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Harrodsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Cornishville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Cornishville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornishville Burgin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Jackson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Jackson is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Duncan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Duncan is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Braxton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Braxton is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton Mayo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mayo is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo McAfee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
McAfee is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Tablow (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Tablow is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tablow Montgomery County
Hedgeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville Hedgeville has also been known as:
Hedges Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
New Hope (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
New Hope is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Botland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Botland is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botland Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Eubank (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Ansel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Science Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Faubush (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Bee Lick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Nancy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Rockcastle County
Gum Sulphur (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Salem (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Esto (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Esto is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Mannsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Campbellsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Saloma (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Saloma is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma Wright's (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Wright's is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's Bengal (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bengal is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal Maple (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Maple is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Mac (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mac is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Jenkinsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Jenkinsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville Mackville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mackville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
Thompsonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Thompsonville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Springfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Saint Catharine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Saint Catharine is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine Litsey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Litsey is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litsey Willisburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Manton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Manton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Mooresville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mooresville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville Brush Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Brush Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Grove Booker (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Booker is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Fredericktown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fredericktown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericktown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jacktown, see our County-by-County Page for Jacktown .
Cemeteries Near Jacktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacktown.
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 Jacktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jacktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Drye Graveyard (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Bald Knob Graveyard (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Malone Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Cox Graveyard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Peavy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Tabscott Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Peyton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Ellis Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Weatherford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Carr Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Adam Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Piedmont Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (396 more) ...
Wayman Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Shreve Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Jacktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jacktown, with the one closest to Jacktown listed first.
Ellisburg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Ellisburg is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg Atterson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Atterson is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson Bradfordsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Liberty (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Riley (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Aliceton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Mannsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Clementsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clementsville is located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville Mount Salem (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Hustonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Moreland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Continue List (15 more) ...
Mitchellsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Brumfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Penick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jacktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jacktown .
Newspapers Published in Jacktown ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jacktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacktown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Jacktown.
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 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 Jacktown:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Garrard County Green County Jessamine County Larue County Lincoln County Marion County Mercer County Montgomery County Nelson County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jacktown. 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. 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 Jacktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Jacktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.