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 Pellville (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 Pellville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Pellville is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Perry (IN), Spencer (IN), Breckinridge, Daviess & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Pellville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pellville:
- Hancock County (The home county of Pellville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Patesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Cabot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Hawesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lewisport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Tar Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Cloverport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- McQuady
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Glen Dean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Falls-of-Rough
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hardinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stephensport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Harned
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Ammons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Union Star
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- McDaniels
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Ensor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Philpot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yelvington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Maceo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Masonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Owensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Browns Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moseleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Birk City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- West Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Yeaman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Indian Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Short Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Duff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Spring Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Carlinburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Hebbardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Reed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Buel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Livermore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Rumsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Rhodelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Concordia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Andyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Andyville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Aetnaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Buford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Olaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Beda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Horse Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Cannelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tobinsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Tell City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lilly Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Gerald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Ranger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Derby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Leopold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Apalona is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Grandview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Evanston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Reo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Chrisney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Richland City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Clay City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Fulda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Eames
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Gonia Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pellville, see our County-by-County Page for Pellville.
Cemeteries Near Pellville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pellville.
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 Pellville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pellville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnetts Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boling Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (319 more) ...
- Sanders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pellville had a population of 119 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pellville, with the one closest to Pellville listed first.
- Floral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Floral is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aetnaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Haynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haynesville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Patesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Knottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Knottsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Deanefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Gatewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gatewood is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Chambers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chambers is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Fordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ensor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Philpot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Habit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Habit is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habit
- Magan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Magan is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magan
- Hawesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pellville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pellville.
Newspapers Published in Pellville ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pellville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pellville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pellville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Pellville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Grayson County
- Henderson County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Warrick 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 Pellville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Pellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |