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 New Salem (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 Salem. 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 hospitals 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.
New Salem is located in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Hardin (IL), Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, Union & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near New Salem. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Salem:
- Crittenden County (The home county of New Salem)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Crayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Piney Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Tolu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crider
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Creswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Dulaney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- McGowan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Claxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Hopson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Graves County
- Symsonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Dawson Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fiddle Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Burna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Carrsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Smithland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ledbetter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Eddyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Kuttawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carmack
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Lamasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Calvert City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Tatumsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Sharpe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Scale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Paducah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Hendron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Trigg County
- Trigg Furnace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Sullivan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Dekoven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Blackford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lisman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Free Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Old Shawneetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Cave-In-Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Lamb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Karbers Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (IL)
- Reevesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Massac City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leisure City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Hartsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Herod
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Dixon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Salem, see our County-by-County Page for New Salem.
Cemeteries Near New Salem ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Salem.
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 New Salem - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Salem covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Walldell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Asbridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Love Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barnett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinckneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (518 more) ...
- Koons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 New Salem in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Salem.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Levias
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Levias is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levias
- Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Frances
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Pinckneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Irma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irma is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Vicksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vicksburg is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tolu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Bakers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Enon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Salem. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Salem.
Newspapers Published in New Salem ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Salem.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Salem, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Salem.
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 Salem:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Graves County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope 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 New Salem, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |