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 Matlock (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 Matlock. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Matlock is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Matlock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Matlock:
- Warren County (The home county of Matlock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Drake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Woodburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Alvaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Springhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Gotts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Claypool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Martinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Hadley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Trammel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Red Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Yesse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Petroleum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Meador
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Scottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adolphus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Lucas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beckton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Haywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Park City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Richelieu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Quality
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Jetson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Harreldsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Whittinghill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Dunbar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Morgantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Roundhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- South Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Schochoh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Adairville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Cave Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Olmstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Monroe County
- Fountain Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Gold City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Neosheo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Siloam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Green Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Black Jack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Mulloy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Orlinda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Jernigan Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- White House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barren Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Mitchellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sengtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Portland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Fountain Head
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- New Deal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
- Rock Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Westmoreland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Bledsoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Matlock, see our County-by-County Page for Matlock.
Cemeteries Near Matlock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Matlock.
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 Matlock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Matlock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marthas Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- The Old Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenbriar Cemetery
- Sherry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walthall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (561 more) ...
- Pope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Franklin.
- The Greenlawn - Shady Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Franklin Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Shady Rest Cemetery
- Shadyrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #74144 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Matlock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Matlock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Matlock, with the one closest to Matlock listed first.
- Woodburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Temperance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Rich Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Gold City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Mount Aerial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Trammel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Rockfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Memphis Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Hickory Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Hardcastle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- South Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alonzo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alonzo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Matlock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Matlock.
Newspapers Published in Matlock ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Matlock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Matlock, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Matlock.
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 Matlock:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Sumner 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> | 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 Matlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Matlock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |