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 Pee Vee (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 Pee Vee. 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 doctors and 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.
Pee Vee is located in Hopkins 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 Hopkins County: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, McLean, Muhlenberg & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Pee Vee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pee Vee:
- Hopkins County (The home county of Pee Vee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Madisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Earlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Manitou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Mortons Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddle Bow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Hanson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Nortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Claxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Lewistown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Creswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Crider
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Hopson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Dulaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Empire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Bluff Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Gracey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Hopkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Piney Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Moseleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- West Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Robards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dixie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Niagara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Sacramento
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Rumsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Calhoun
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Livermore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Earles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lynn City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Depoy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Bancroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Luzerne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Nebo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Powderly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- South Carrollton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Ceralvo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Centertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Rockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Clifty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Cerulean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wallonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Sturgis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Slaughters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Lisman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Dixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Onton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Free Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Clay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sebree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wheatcroft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- West Wheatcroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Blackford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pee Vee, see our County-by-County Page for Pee Vee.
Cemeteries Near Pee Vee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pee Vee.
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 Pee Vee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pee Vee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Madisonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnsley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grapevine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fuquay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tapp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Utterback Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hodge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gamblin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Pee Vee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pee Vee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pee Vee, with the one closest to Pee Vee listed first.
- Earlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Mortons Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Ilsley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ilsley is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilsley
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Hanson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Veazey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Veazey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Earles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Slaughters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Dalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Mannington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mannington is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pee Vee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pee Vee.
Newspapers Published in Pee Vee ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pee Vee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pee Vee, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pee Vee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pee Vee:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hopkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster 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 Pee Vee, 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- Pee Vee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |