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 Park City (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 Park City. 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 hospitals and 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.
Park City is located in Barren 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 Barren County: Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Park City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park City:
- Barren County (The home county of Park City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Highland Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Cave City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Beckton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Rocky Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Haywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Hiseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Lucas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Slick Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Adair County
- Keltner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltner
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Meador
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Cedar Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Yesse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Scottsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Halfway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Oak Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Pope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Trammel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Red Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Petroleum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Whittinghill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(28 miles [45.1 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 Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Union City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Mammoth Cave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Huff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Peonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Shrewsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Clarkson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Black Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Leitchfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Liletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Exie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Gabe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Seven Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Spurrier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Upton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Flint Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Horse Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Winesap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Rowletts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Cub Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Munfordville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Bunnell Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Three Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Hardyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Priceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Pascal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Larue County
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Center
(19 miles [30.6 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 east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Summer Shade
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Beaumont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Fountain Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Alvaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Bowling Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Springhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park City, see our County-by-County Page for Park City.
Cemeteries Near Park City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park City.
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 Park City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- France Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Glasgow.
- The Barber Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harlows Chapel Cemetery
- Loving Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463566 <2>
- Hatcher - Poynter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Hays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Allen 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.<4>
While we didn't find Park City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park City, with the one closest to Park City listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cave City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Mammoth Cave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Smiths Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Horse Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hydro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Rocky Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coral Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Stockholm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park City.
Newspapers Published in Park City ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park City, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Park City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Park City:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Barren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Park City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Park City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |