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 Knottsville (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 Knottsville. 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 and doctors 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.
Knottsville is located in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Spencer (IN), Warrick (IN), Hancock, Henderson, McLean & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Knottsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knottsville:
- Daviess County (The home county of Knottsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Ensor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Philpot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yelvington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Whitesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Maceo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Masonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Owensboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moseleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Birk City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- West Louisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Cloverport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Vanzant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Glen Dean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- McQuady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Stephensport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Falls-of-Rough
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hardinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ammons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Harned
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Westview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Union Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Yeaman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Indian Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Short Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Spring Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Duff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Pellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Patesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Lewisport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hawesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cabot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Carlinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Hebbardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Reed
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Bluff City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Spottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Hopkins County
- Jewel City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Glenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Buel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Rumsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Meade County
- Rhodelia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Aetnaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Dundee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Beda
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Olaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rosine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Horse Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Cannelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tell City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tobinsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lilly Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Gerald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Ranger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranger is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Bristow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Derby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leopold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Rock Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Chrisney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Eureka
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Richland City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Hatfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Lamar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Clay City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- De Gonia Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Eames
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dayville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heilman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Newburgh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knottsville, see our County-by-County Page for Knottsville.
Cemeteries Near Knottsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knottsville.
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 Knottsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knottsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Winkler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethbara Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawes - Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Bryant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Mary of the Woods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnetts Knob Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Knottsville had a population of 215 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knottsville, with the one closest to Knottsville listed first.
- Gatewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gatewood is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Ensor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Philpot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Floral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Floral is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Whitesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yelvington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Habit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Habit is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habit
- Chambers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Thruston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thruston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thruston
- Masonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Deanefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Aetnaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Haynesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haynesville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Patesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knottsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knottsville.
Newspapers Published in Knottsville ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knottsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knottsville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knottsville.
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 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 Knottsville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Warrick 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 Knottsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knottsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |