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 Merry Oaks (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 Merry Oaks. 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 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.
Merry Oaks is located in Barren 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 Barren County: Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Merry Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merry Oaks:
- Barren County (The home county of Merry Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Beckton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Highland Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Haywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coral Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Hiseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Etoile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Meador
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Cedar Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Halifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Halfway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Scottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Trammel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Pope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Red Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Petroleum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Mount Aerial
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Whittinghill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mammoth Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rhoda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Kyrock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Roundhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Sunfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Peonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Higdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Shrewsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Green County
- Liletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Horse Cave
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Cub Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rowletts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Dogcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Bunnell Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Munfordville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Hardyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Pascal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Priceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Bonnieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Knob Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Summer Shade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beaumont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Cedar Flat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Fountain Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Akersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Forkton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Gold City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Alvaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Richardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Springhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Drake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Rockfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merry Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Merry Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Merry Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merry Oaks.
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 Merry Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merry Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shiloh General Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hays Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith's Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lambert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- France Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Merry Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merry Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merry Oaks, with the one closest to Merry Oaks listed first.
- Hays
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Rocky Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Hydro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Smiths Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Three Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Three Forks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Pig
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Polkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Meador
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Claypool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Glasgow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merry Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merry Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Merry Oaks ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merry Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merry Oaks, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merry Oaks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Merry Oaks:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Barren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hart County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Warren 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 Merry Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Merry Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |