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 Little Zion (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 Little Zion. 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 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.
Little Zion is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Little Zion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Zion:
- Webster County (The home county of Little Zion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Lisman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Vanderburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Poole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatcroft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- West Wheatcroft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sebree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Slaughters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Blackford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Creswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Lewistown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Crider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Piney Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Curdsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- West Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Birk City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Moseleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Robards
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Niagara
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Henderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Bluff City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Baskett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Reed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Nebo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Manitou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Hanson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Vandetta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Fiddle Bow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Madisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Earlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Dawson Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Beech Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lemon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Sacramento
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Earles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Lynn City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Breckinridge Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Morganfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sturgis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hitesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Chapman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Grangertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Dekoven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Raleigh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Old Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Lamb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Cave-In-Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Rock Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Hovey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Vaughan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Zion, see our County-by-County Page for Little Zion.
Cemeteries Near Little Zion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Zion.
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 Little Zion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Zion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Townsend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harnion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mooney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cavena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winstead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Little Zion in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Zion.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Zion, with the one closest to Little Zion listed first.
- Free Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Tilden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tilden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Lisman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Vanderburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Wanamaker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wanamaker is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
- Hearin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hearin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
- Clay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boxville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxville
- Veazey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Veazey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Cullen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nebo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Sebree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Zion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Zion.
Newspapers Published in Little Zion ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Zion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Zion, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Zion.
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 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 Little Zion:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Union County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Posey County
- Vanderburgh 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> | 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 Little Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Little Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |