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 Morehead (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 Morehead. 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.
Morehead 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 Morehead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morehead:
- Muhlenberg County (The home county of Morehead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Powderly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Central City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- South Carrollton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Luzerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Bevier
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Depoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nonnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Provo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Harreldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mining City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Quality
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Aberdeen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morgantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Empire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Utica
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Masonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mortons Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nortonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Vandetta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Earlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Madisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hanson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Saint Charles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Manitou
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Agnes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Wolf Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Justice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Sacramento
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Livermore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rumsey
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Buel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lemon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Ceralvo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Rockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Centertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- McHenry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Beaver Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Buford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Select
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Clifty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Allegre
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Sharon Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Slaughters
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Onton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Vanderburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Sebree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morehead, see our County-by-County Page for Morehead.
Cemeteries Near Morehead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morehead.
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 Morehead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morehead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Coleman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cypress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cessna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jago Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fortney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Luckett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Morehead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morehead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morehead, with the one closest to Morehead listed first.
- Powderly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gishton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gishton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gishton
- South Carrollton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Depoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Bevier
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Drakesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Earles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Smallhous
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smallhous is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallhous
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McNary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McNary is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ceralvo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morehead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morehead.
Newspapers Published in Morehead ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morehead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morehead, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morehead.
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 Morehead:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Muhlenberg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Daviess 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> | 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 Morehead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morehead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |