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 Mitchell Hill (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 Mitchell Hill. 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 doctors and 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.
Mitchell Hill is located in Hopkins 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 Hopkins County: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, McLean, Muhlenberg & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Mitchell Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mitchell Hill:
- Hopkins County (The home county of Mitchell Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Manitou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Madisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Earlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Mortons Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddle Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Vandetta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Oak Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Saint Charles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Lewistown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Claxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Creswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Crider
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Cobb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Dulaney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Hopson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Fredonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Empire
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Bluff Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Piney Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Moseleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Utica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Robards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dixie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Niagara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Corydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Sacramento
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lemon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Calhoun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Buel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Livermore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Earles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Lynn City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Depoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Nebo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Bancroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Luzerne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- South Carrollton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Powderly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Ceralvo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Centertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Rockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Todd County
- Kirkmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Trigg County
- Cerulean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Breckinridge Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Sturgis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flournoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Grangertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Morganfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Slaughters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Vanderburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lisman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Onton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Sebree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poole
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Wheatcroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mitchell Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Mitchell Hill.
Cemeteries Near Mitchell Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mitchell Hill.
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 Mitchell Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mitchell Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Fuquay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Utterback Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Madisonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tapp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grapevine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Owen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gooch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (375 more) ...
- Hodge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Richland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mangum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Mitchell Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mitchell Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Hill, with the one closest to Mitchell Hill listed first.
- Madisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manitou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Earlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Veazey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Veazey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
- Mortons Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Vanderburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Ilsley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ilsley is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilsley
- Saint Charles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Dalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nortonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Earles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mitchell Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mitchell Hill.
Newspapers Published in Mitchell Hill ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mitchell Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchell Hill, 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 Mitchell Hill.
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 Mitchell Hill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hopkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster 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 Mitchell Hill, 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- Mitchell Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |