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 Maxon (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 Maxon. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Maxon is located in McCracken 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 McCracken County: Massac (IL), Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston & Marshall.
Below are the counties that are near Maxon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maxon:
- McCracken County (The home county of Maxon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- West Paducah
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grahamville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Massac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Future City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Camelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Paducah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hendron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Cimota City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Krebs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Ceredo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Bandana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- La Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blandville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Barlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Cunningham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Bardwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Crittenden County
- Dycusburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Melber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Boaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Pottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Symsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Fancy Farm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Mayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Wingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Ledbetter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Smithland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Burna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Pinckneyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Grand Rivers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carrsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Sharpe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Calvert City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Gilbertsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Tatumsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Cairo Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cache
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hodges Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Shetlerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Reevesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Belknap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grantsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wartrace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Bender ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bender is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Cypress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Buncombe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Massac City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brookport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Joppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bay City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Dixon Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Golconda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Eddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Grand Chain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Karnak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Olmsted
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mound City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Perks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ullin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (IL)
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maxon, see our County-by-County Page for Maxon.
Cemeteries Near Maxon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxon.
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 Maxon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maxon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Palestine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quarles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cowlin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rives Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpous Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Massac Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- Hopper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kidd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Maxon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maxon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maxon, with the one closest to Maxon listed first.
- Grahamville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Massac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Metropolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Paducah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Lovelaceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Melber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Ragland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Round Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Round Knob is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
- Unionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Joppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hinkleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hinkleville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Epperson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Epperson is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Kansas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Bandana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maxon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maxon.
Newspapers Published in Maxon ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxon, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maxon.
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 either 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 Maxon:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCracken County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- Alexander County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Union 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 Maxon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Maxon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |