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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 New Concord (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 New Concord. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

New Concord is located in Calloway County.

To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calloway County: Graves, Marshall, Trigg, Henry (TN) & Stewart (TN).

Below are the counties that are near New Concord. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Concord:

  • Calloway County     (The home county of New Concord)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • New Providence
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Murray
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Almo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
      • Almo is located in Calloway County
    • Dexter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dexter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
      • Dexter is located in Calloway County
    • Harris Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Kirksey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirksey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
      • Kirksey is located in Calloway County
    • Protemus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Graves County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • Bell City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
      • Bell City is located in Graves County
    • Tri City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tri City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
      • Tri City is located in Graves County
    • Farmington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Farmington is located in Graves County
    • Lynnville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Sedalia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Mayfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Westplains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall County
  • Trigg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • Canton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Trigg County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Canton
      • From New Concord to Canton
    • Trigg Furnace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cadiz
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton County (TN)
  • Henry County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • Oak Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
      • Oak Hill is located in Henry County (TN)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
    • Conyersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Vista ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
      • Mount Vista is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Puryear
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mandels ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandels have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
      • Mandels is located in Henry County (TN)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
    • India
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for India have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
      • India is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Whitlock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Paris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Springville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cottage Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Boston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Boston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
      • New Boston is located in Henry County (TN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Boston
      • From New Concord to New Boston
  • Houston County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • McKinnon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McKinnon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
      • McKinnon is located in Houston County (TN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McKinnon
      • From New Concord to McKinnon
    • Magnolia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Magnolia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
      • Magnolia is located in Houston County (TN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Magnolia
      • From New Concord to Magnolia
    • Tennessee Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Houston County (TN)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
    • Erin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Humphreys County (TN)
    • Halls Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
      • Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County (TN)
  • Stewart County (TN)
  • Weakley County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
    • Dunlap ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
      • Dunlap is located in Weakley County (TN)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
    • Ore Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tumbling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Concord, see our County-by-County Page for New Concord.

Cemeteries Near New Concord ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Concord.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Concord covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.

  • Stubblefield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stubblefield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stubblefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lawson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moody Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moody Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moody Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moody Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moody Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moody Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freeland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shackleford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shackleford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shackleford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCuiston Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCuiston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCuiston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferguson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferguson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stilley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stilley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stilley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (991 more) ...
    • Barnett Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bryant Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Buchanan Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buchanan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buchanan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Concord had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.

  • New Providence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pottertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
    • Pottertown is located in Calloway County
  • Hamlin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
    • Hamlin is located in Calloway County
  • Fort Henry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Henry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
    • Fort Henry is located in Stewart County (TN)
  • Hazel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Murray
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Conyersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiloh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Shiloh is located in Calloway County
  • Mount Vista ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
    • Mount Vista is located in Henry County (TN)
  • Puryear
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pace ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
    • Pace is located in Henry County (TN)
  • Tharpe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tharpe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
    • Tharpe is located in Stewart County (TN)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hico
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
      • Hico is located in Calloway County
    • Elkhorn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Snider
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Snider. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
      • Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Snider
      • From New Concord to Snider

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Concord. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Concord.

Newspapers Published in New Concord ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Concord.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Concord, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Concord.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 New Concord:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Concord. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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 New Concord, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- New Concord) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Concord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5484, Longitude: -88.1551    









 

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