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 Linton (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 Linton. 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.
Linton is located in Trigg 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 Trigg County: Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall & Stewart (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Linton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linton:
- Trigg County (The home county of Linton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cadiz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Caledonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Wallonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cerulean
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Hopson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- McGowan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Dulaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- New Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- New Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Dexter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Murray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hazel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Harris Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- LaFayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bennettstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Newstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Herndon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Gracey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Garrettsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Church Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Howel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Howel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Lamasco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Carmack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dogtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tatumsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Scale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton County (TN)
- Faxon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Faxon is located in Benton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Henry County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Conyersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Puryear
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- India
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- India is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mandels is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Houston County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- McKinnon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Houston County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <1>
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Woodlawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stryker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Dotsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Louise Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Stewart County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Snider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Bumpus Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Legate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Indian Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Throckmorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Cumberland City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linton, see our County-by-County Page for Linton.
Cemeteries Near Linton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linton.
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 Linton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Outland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Champion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wiggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jimerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (664 more) ...
- Acree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingins - Brandon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingins - Brandon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kingins - Brandon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Bumpus Mills (TN).
- The Kingins - Brandon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kingins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14354 <3>
- Brandon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Linton had a population of 29 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linton, with the one closest to Linton listed first.
- Tobaccoport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tobaccoport is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoport
- Snider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Tharpe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tharpe is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
- Bumpus Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Golden Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlin is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Big Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roaring Spring is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Spring
- Fort Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Henry is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
- Cadiz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Peedee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peedee is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peedee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linton.
Newspapers Published in Linton ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linton, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linton.
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 Linton:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Trigg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Christian County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- Benton County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Linton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Linton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |