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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 Lola (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 Lola. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Lola is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Hardin (IL), Massac (IL), Pope (IL), Crittenden, Lyon, Marshall & McCracken.

Below are the counties that are near Lola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lola:

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Lola)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Hampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hampton is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Salem
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burna is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
    • Carrsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Carrsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Pinckneyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiline
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Tiline is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
    • Smithland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ledbetter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Rivers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Caldwell County
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Sheridan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tolu
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crayne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Crayne is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
    • Marion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Marion is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
    • Dycusburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
    • Piney Fork
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Graves County
  • Hopkins County
  • Lyon County
  • Marshall County
  • McCracken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Paducah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Reidland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hendron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hendron is located in McCracken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
    • Krebs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
    • West Paducah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grahamville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Dekoven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grangertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sturgis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sullivan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Blackford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackford is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
    • West Wheatcroft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheatcroft
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Clay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clay is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <1>
  • Gallatin County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Bowlesville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
    • Old Shawneetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Equality
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lawler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Shawneetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Hardin County (IL)
  • Johnson County (IL)
  • Massac County (IL)
  • Pope County (IL)
  • Saline County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.
    • Mitchellsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonefort
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottage Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Gaskins City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Gaskins City is located in Saline County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
    • Ledford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lola, see our County-by-County Page for Lola.

Cemeteries Near Lola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lola.

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 Lola - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.

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, Lola had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lola, with the one closest to Lola listed first.

  • Hampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • Salem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Irma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Irma is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
  • Sheridan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Carrsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrsville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Rosiclare
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Levias
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Levias is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levias
  • Tolu
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Vicksburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
  • Pinckneyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Shetlerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Birdsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Birdsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
    • Golconda
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bay City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lola. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lola.

Newspapers Published in Lola ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lola, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lola.

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 Lola:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lola) 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 Lola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.