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 Palma (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 Palma. 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.
Palma is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken & Trigg.
Below are the counties that are near Palma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Palma:
- Marshall County (The home county of Palma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Scale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Tatumsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Sharpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Calvert City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Gilbertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Ceredo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Gage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Kevil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Dulaney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Fredonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crider
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Hopson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McGowan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Kirksey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Almo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Murray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Cunningham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Dycusburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westplains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Boaz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- West Viola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Melber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Mayfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Lowes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Fancy Farm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Sedalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pryorsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Ledbetter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tiline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Burna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Carmack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Reidland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Krebs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Hendron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- West Paducah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Camelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Grahamville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Future City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Cimota City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cadiz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hardin County (IL)
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Joppa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Palma, see our County-by-County Page for Palma.
Cemeteries Near Palma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Palma.
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 Palma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Palma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Blewett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ruggle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dees Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Story Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Everett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hartsfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Duke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (546 more) ...
- Marshall County Memory Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McNatt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Palma had a population of 60 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Palma, with the one closest to Palma listed first.
- Iola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Scale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Sharpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Elva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Briensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Briensburg is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briensburg
- Calvert City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Little Cypress
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Gilbertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grand Rivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Birmingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Epperson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Epperson is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Palma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palma.
Newspapers Published in Palma ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Palma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Palma, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Palma.
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 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 Palma:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Hardin 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 Palma, 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- Palma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |