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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 Kidds Crossing (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 Kidds Crossing. 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 Kidds Crossing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Kidds Crossing: Kidds Xing.
- While the name of this community is Kidds Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kidds Crossing may originally have been Kidd's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kidds Crossing might be written as Kidd Crossing.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Kidds Crossing is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Clinton, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Pickett (TN) & Scott (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Kidds Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kidds Crossing:
- Wayne County (The home county of Kidds Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Ritner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
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- Parmleysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Sumpter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Frazer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Mill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Shearer Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Rankin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Slickford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Murl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Parnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Casey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Windsor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mintonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mintonville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonville
- Honey Acre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Acre is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Acre
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Alpha
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Savage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Cumberland City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Static
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Browns Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- McCreary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Smith Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Marshes Siding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Stearns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whitley City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wiborg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Revelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pine Knot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Bronston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Vinnie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Faubush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Faubush is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush
- Ferguson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Nancy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
- Dykes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Bottom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Middletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Esto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Russell Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Ayers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Emlyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Pleasant View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Stanfill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Fentress County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Gernt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Pall Mall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allardt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Little Crab
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Morgan County (TN)
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Pickett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Chanute
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Cedar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Static
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Byrdstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Isham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isham is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Helenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New River is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- West Robbins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kidds Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Kidds Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Kidds Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kidds Crossing.
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 Kidds Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kidds Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Burk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Aught Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pittman - Koger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Caylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carl Kidd Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burke - Kidd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burkes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Letts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- David L. Crownshed Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- John Barrier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (661 more) ...
- Barrier Cemetery #2
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rigney - Gregory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grant Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Kidds Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kidds Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kidds Crossing, with the one closest to Kidds Crossing listed first.
- Ritner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Coopersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coopersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Gregory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Parmleysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Sumpter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Mount Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kidder is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Steubenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steubenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steubenville
- Mill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Frazer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Shearer Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sloans Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Rankin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Eadsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eadsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kidds Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kidds Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Kidds Crossing ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kidds Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kidds Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kidds Crossing.
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 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 Kidds Crossing:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Casey County
- Clinton County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Russell County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Pickett County
- Scott 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> | 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 Kidds Crossing, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kidds Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |