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 Mining City (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 Mining City. 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 hospitals 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.
Mining City is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Mining City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mining City:
- Butler County (The home county of Mining City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Dunbar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Provo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morgantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Quality
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Harreldsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Jetson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Daviess County
- Oklahoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Roundhill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Lindseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Bee Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sweeden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kyrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Rhoda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Spring Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yeaman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Shrewsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Short Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Black Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Duff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Wolf Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lost City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Agnes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Lewisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Justice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Gordonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Skilesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ennis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Beechmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Browder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Drakesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunmor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Beech Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Bevier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Cromwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Select
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Echols
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Arnold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Beaver Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rockport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Rosine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Ceralvo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Clifty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Sharon Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Kirkmansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Hadley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Richardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Anna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Springhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Bowling Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Rockfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Plum Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Woodburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mining City, see our County-by-County Page for Mining City.
Cemeteries Near Mining City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mining City.
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 Mining City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mining City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- Browns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Muddy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whalen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hill Haven Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rochester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mining City had a population of 184 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mining City, with the one closest to Mining City listed first.
- South Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Logansport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Logansport is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Morgantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Skilesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Cromwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Prentiss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prentiss is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Dexterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- Select
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mining City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mining City.
Newspapers Published in Mining City ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mining City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mining City, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mining City.
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 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 Mining City:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Warren 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 Mining City, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mining City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |