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 Lanhamtown (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 Lanhamtown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lanhamtown 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 Lanhamtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanhamtown:
Casey County (The home county of Lanhamtown)
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Yosemite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Middleburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Middleburg is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Liberty (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cantown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Cantown is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown Gilpin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gilpin is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Labascus (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Labascus is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Argyle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Argyle is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle Rubert Ford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rubert Ford is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubert Ford Evona (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Evona is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona Bethelridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bethelridge is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge Evans Ford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ford is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford Phil (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Phil is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Rheber (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Rheber is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheber Adair County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Barnett Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Barnett Springs is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Springs Pellyton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Pellyton is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellyton Casey Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Casey Creek is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Feathersburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Feathersburg is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg Eunice (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Eunice is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice Neatsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Neatsville is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville Speck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Speck is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck 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 Ella (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Knifley (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Knifley is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifley Sano (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Sano is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano Purdy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Purdy is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Christine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Christine is located in Adair County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine Boyle County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Forkland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Forkland is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland Junction City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Shelby City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Shelby City is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City Wilsonville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Wilsonville is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Alum Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Alum Springs is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs Mitchellsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg Parksville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Brumfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Brumfield is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield Aliceton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Aliceton is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Atoka (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Atoka is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka Craintown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Craintown is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown Davis Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Davis Hill is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Hill Needmore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Needmore is located in Boyle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Lancaster (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hyattsville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville Bryantsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Cartersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Green County
Roachville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Roachville is located in Green County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Mount Salem (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem New Salem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
New Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem South Fork (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Kings Mountain (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain Hustonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Geneva (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Geneva is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva McKinney (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Waynesburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg Chicken Bristle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle Moreland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Moreland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Milledgeville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville Jumbo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Jumbo is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Turnersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Turnersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Bradfordsville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Gravel Switch is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch Riley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Riley is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Salleetown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Salleetown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salleetown Peck Ford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Peck Ford is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford Penick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Penick is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick Greenbriar (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenbriar is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Phillipsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Phillipsburg is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Poplar Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Corner is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner Calvary (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Calvary is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Lebanon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Market (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
New Market is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Jessietown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Jessietown is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Nevada (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Nevada is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Dixville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Dixville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Stewart (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Stewart is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Burgin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Harrodsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Montgomery County
Hedgeville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hedgeville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville Hedgeville has also been known as:
Hedges Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Eubank (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ansel (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Ansel is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel Science Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Faubush (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Faubush is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubush Nancy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bee Lick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Woodstock (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dabney (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Vinnie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Vinnie is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie Somerset (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Coin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Ferguson (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Ferguson is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
Grundy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Gum Sulphur (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Gum Sulphur is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Sulphur Ottawa (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Brodhead (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hansford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Mount Vernon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Renfro Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Russell County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Salem (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Russell Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Middletown is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Jamestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Esto (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Esto is located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto Stokes ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Stokes was located in Russell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Taylor County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Mannsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Mannsville is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Acton is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Elk Horn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Campbellsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Saloma (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Saloma is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma Wright's (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wright's is located in Taylor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Jenkinsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Jenkinsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville Mackville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mackville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
Springfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Frazer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Frazer is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Mill Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Mill Springs is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs Rankin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Rankin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanhamtown, see our County-by-County Page for Lanhamtown .
Cemeteries Near Lanhamtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanhamtown.
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 Lanhamtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanhamtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Glenwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Green River Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Stapp Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Poplar Springs Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Middleburg Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Mason Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Trace Fork Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Old Willow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Willow Cemetery The Old Willow Cemetery has also been known as:
Old Willow Springs Cemetery Willow Springs Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Brush Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Walnut Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (441 more) ...
Contown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hatter Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Calvary Ridge Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lanhamtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanhamtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanhamtown, with the one closest to Lanhamtown listed first.
Liberty (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Yosemite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Middleburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Middleburg is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Gilpin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gilpin is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin Labascus (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Labascus is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labascus Mount Salem (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem Duncan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Duncan is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Ellisburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ellisburg is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg Phil (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Phil is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phil Evona (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Evona is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona Bethelridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bethelridge is also located in Casey County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge South Fork (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
South Fork is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Continue List (14 more) ...
Kings Mountain (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain McKinney (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hustonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanhamtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanhamtown .
Newspapers Published in Lanhamtown ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanhamtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanhamtown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Lanhamtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lanhamtown:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Casey County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adair County Boyle County Garrard County Green County Lincoln County Marion County Mercer County Montgomery County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Russell County Taylor County Washington County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanhamtown. 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. 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 from Point A (ie- Lanhamtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Lanhamtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.