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 Moorman (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 Moorman. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Moorman is located in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County: Butler, Christian, Hopkins, Logan, McLean, Ohio & Todd.
Below are the counties that are near Moorman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moorman:
- Muhlenberg County (The home county of Moorman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- South Carrollton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Bremen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lynn City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Central City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Cleaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Bevier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Nebo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Powderly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Earles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Luzerne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Nonnell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Graham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Rochester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Provo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Mining City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Dunbar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Harreldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Quality
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Morgantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Empire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Utica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Masonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- West Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Oklahoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Philpot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owensboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Curdsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Birk City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Ensor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Hebbardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Niagara
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Robards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Jewel City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Hanson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mortons Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Nortonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Earlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Nebo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Agnes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Wolf Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lost City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sacramento
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Rumsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lemon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Ceralvo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Centertown
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- McHenry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Beda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Beaver Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Cromwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rosine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Select
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Clifty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Onton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Slaughters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sebree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moorman, see our County-by-County Page for Moorman.
Cemeteries Near Moorman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moorman.
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 Moorman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moorman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aunt Nellie Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Equality Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Bethleham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Humphrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shavers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find Moorman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moorman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moorman, with the one closest to Moorman listed first.
- Smallhous
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smallhous is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallhous
- South Carrollton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gishton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gishton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gishton
- Point Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Central City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Ceralvo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sacramento
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Semiway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Semiway is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semiway
- Earles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Powderly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moorman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moorman.
Newspapers Published in Moorman ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moorman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moorman, 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 Moorman.
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 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 Moorman:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Muhlenberg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Ohio County
- Todd 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 Moorman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moorman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |