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 Northtown (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 Northtown. 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 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.
Northtown is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Larue & Metcalfe.
Below are the counties that are near Northtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northtown:
- Hart County (The home county of Northtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Logsdon Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Winesap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Horse Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rowletts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Munfordville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cub Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnell Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Dogcreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Priceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Hardyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Bonnieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Keltner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltner
- Pickett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pickett is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Kemp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kemp is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Meador
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Cedar Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Yesse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Highland Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Cave City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oil City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hiseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Coral Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Beckton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Haywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Slick Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Rocky Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Whittinghill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Mammoth Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Stockholm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Rocky Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kyrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sweeden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lindseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Huff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Peonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Clarkson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Big Clifty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Leitchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Caneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Liletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Gabe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Exie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Allendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allendale is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Summersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Greensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Melrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Seven Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Spurrier
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Upton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Sonora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Nolin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- White Mills Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Eastview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Star Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Star Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mills
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Sherman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Hodgenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tonieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Knob Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Edmonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Shade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Beaumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County
- Mount Hermon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Taylor County
- Mac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mac is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Gotts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Claypool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Richardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Alvaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northtown, see our County-by-County Page for Northtown.
Cemeteries Near Northtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northtown.
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 Northtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Farmers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Daniels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Adwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Logsdon Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hatcher - Poynter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Jordan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- Cherry Springs Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Guides Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Northtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Northtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northtown, with the one closest to Northtown listed first.
- Forestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forestville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Mammoth Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cave City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Rowletts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Kessinger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kessinger is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessinger
- Cub Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsonville
- Munfordville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Uno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Uno is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Lines Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Goodnight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northtown.
Newspapers Published in Northtown ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northtown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Northtown:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Larue County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Taylor County
- Warren 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 Northtown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |