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 Mershons (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 Mershons. 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 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.
Mershons is located in Laurel 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 Laurel County : Clay , Jackson , Knox , McCreary , Pulaski , Rockcastle & Whitley .
Below are the counties that are near Mershons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mershons:
Laurel County (The home county of Mershons)
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Greenmount (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount East Bernstadt (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pittsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Bernstadt (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt London (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Maplesville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Sublimity City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Marydell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Lily (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keavy (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Bush (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Benge (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Larue (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Fogertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Burning Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Sidell (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Urban (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Sextons Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Fall Rock (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Laurel Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Manchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Hima (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Garrard (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Locust Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Lynch Town (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Ravenna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Winston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Miller's Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Irvine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Garrard County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Cartersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Cartersville is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville Lowell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lowell is located in Garrard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Paint Lick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Peoples (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Dabolt (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Annville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Tyner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Sandgap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Waneta (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Kerby Knob (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Foxtown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
North Corbin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Gray (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Crane Nest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Woollum (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Girdler (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Cannon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Heidrick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Hinkle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Idamay (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Beattyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Turkeytown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown Dog Walk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Dog Walk is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk Broughtentown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown Crab Orchard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Sugar Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Sugar Grove is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Ottenheim (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim Preachersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Preachersville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preachersville Halls Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap Maywood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Maywood is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Highland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Waynesburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Bighill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Duluth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Slate Lick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Slate Lick is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick Berea (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Bobtown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bobtown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown Dreyfus (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Middletown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Middletown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Wallaceton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wallaceton is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton Whites (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Whites is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Farristown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Farristown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farristown Kingston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kingston is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Panola (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Island City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Travellers Rest (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Southfork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Pebworth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Sebastian (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Ricetown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Booneville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Mistletoe (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Acorn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Walnut Grove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Whetstone (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Bee Lick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick Shopville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Shopville is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville Woodstock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Woodstock is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Dykes (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Mount Victory (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Coin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Coin is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin Piney Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Piney Grove is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Grundy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grundy is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy Dabney (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Dabney is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Livingston (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Mullins (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Orlando (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Mount Vernon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Climax (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Renfro Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wildie (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Hansford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Disputanta (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Brodhead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Conway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Conway is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Ottawa (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Ottawa is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Corbin (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Woodbine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mershons, see our County-by-County Page for Mershons .
Cemeteries Near Mershons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mershons.
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 Mershons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mershons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Nelson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Casteel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hacker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Robinson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Simpson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Andes Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Landrum Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Elza - Swanner Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Lear Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (560 more) ...
Hoskins Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Cornett Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Snuffer Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Mershons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mershons.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mershons, with the one closest to Mershons listed first.
Oakley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Oakley is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley Hazel Patch (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hazel Patch is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Patch Peoples (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Greenmount (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Livingston (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
East Bernstadt (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Sinks (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Sinks is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks McWhorter (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
McWhorter is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter Moores Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Moores Creek is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Creek Mullins (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Pittsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Cooksburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Cooksburg is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg Continue List (17 more) ...
Annville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Pine Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Pine Hill is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Bernstadt (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mershons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mershons .
Newspapers Published in Mershons ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mershons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mershons, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Mershons.
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 Mershons:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Laurel County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Clay County Estill County Garrard County Jackson County Knox County Lee County Lincoln County Madison County Owsley County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Whitley County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mershons. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Mershons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mershons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.