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 Lee (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 Lee. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lee is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Lee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lee:
- Butler County (The home county of Lee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Whittinghill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Brooklyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Welch's Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Aberdeen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Morgantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Mining City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Provo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Highland Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Park City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Horn Back Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Falls-of-Rough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McDaniels
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Vanzant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Se Ree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- McQuady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Westview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Buras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Tar Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Constantine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Roundhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Sunfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Huff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Mammoth Cave
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Caneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Spring Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Millwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Tousey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Yeaman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Short Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Leitchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Duff
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Hancock County
- Cabot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Spurrier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Pierce Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Seven Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Dogcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winesap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Priceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Logsdon Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Logan County
- South Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Skilesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ennis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Beechmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Browder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drakesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Horse Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Select
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rosine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Olaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Beaver Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- McHenry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Echols
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Rockland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Plum Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Bowling Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Springhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Smiths Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Rockfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Alvaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lee, see our County-by-County Page for Lee.
Cemeteries Near Lee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lee.
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 Lee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Christian Home Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lumbustown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woosley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woosley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Embry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Embry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peyton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Peyton Phelps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Threlkel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phelps Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lee had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lee, with the one closest to Lee listed first.
- Big Reedy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Reedy is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Reedy
- Nash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nash is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Brooklyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Ready
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ready is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready
- Welch's Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Huff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- South
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South
- Reedyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reedyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
- Shrewsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Caneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dexterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Aberdeen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lee.
Newspapers Published in Lee ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lee, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lee.
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 helpful 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 Lee:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Warren 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> | 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- Lee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |