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 Perryville (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 Perryville. 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.
Perryville is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Harrison (IN), Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hart, Jefferson, Larue, Meade & Nelson.
Below are the counties that are near Perryville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perryville:
- Hardin County (The home county of Perryville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Four Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Hardin County
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- Howe Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
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- Kraft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kraft is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraft
- Rineyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cross Roads is located in Hardin County
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- Saint John
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John is located in Hardin County
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- Vertrees
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
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- Vine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cecilia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
- Hansbrough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hansbrough is located in Hardin County
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- Old Stephensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Dyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
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- Constantine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
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- Irvington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
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- Se Ree
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
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- Webster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Harned
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Horn Back Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Bullitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Pitt's Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pitt's Point is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt's Point
- Lebanon Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Cupio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cupio is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio
- Bardstown Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County
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- Clermont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherdsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lotus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lotus is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Brooks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Chase
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Hillview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillview is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
- Hebron Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Big Clifty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Clarkson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Higdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Leitchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Duff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Peonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
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- Black Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
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- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
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- Short Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
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- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
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- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Priceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Bonnieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hammonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Dogcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
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- Cub Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
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- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Kosmosdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kosmosdale is located in Jefferson County
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- Valley Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Jefferson County
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- Hollyvilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollyvilla is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyvilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 554 people
- Pleasure Ridge Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasure Ridge Park is located in Jefferson County
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- Fairdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Tonieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roanoke is located in Larue County
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- Hodgenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Buffalo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
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- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
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- Mount Sherman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
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- Gleanings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gleanings is located in Larue County
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- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Flaherty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
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- Big Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Maples Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maples Corner is located in Meade County
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- Garrett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Meade County
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- Grahamton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grahamton is located in Meade County
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- Van Voorhis Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County
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- Hillgrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
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- Buck Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buck Grove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Lickskillet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Meade County
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- Muldraugh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Guston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guston is located in Meade County
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- Ekron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ekron is located in Meade County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Gap is located in Nelson County
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- Bellwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Nelson County
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- Howardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howardstown is located in Nelson County
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- Cravens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cravens is located in Nelson County
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- Culvertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Culvertown is located in Nelson County
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- Gethsemane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
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- Stiles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stiles is located in Nelson County
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- Balltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Nelson County
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- Deatsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deatsville is located in Nelson County
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- Harrison County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Laconia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mauckport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glidas
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glidas is located in Harrison County (IN)
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- Dogwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Harrison County (IN)
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- Valley City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Amsterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- New Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry County (IN)
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perryville, see our County-by-County Page for Perryville.
Cemeteries Near Perryville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perryville.
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 Perryville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perryville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Blueball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ridge Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mays Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarpley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rineyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Old Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheatley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Perryville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perryville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Howe Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- Rineyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Cecilia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stephensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
- Big Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Flaherty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaherty
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Constantine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tunnel Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perryville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perryville.
Newspapers Published in Perryville ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perryville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perryville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perryville.
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 Perryville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Bullitt County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Jefferson County
- Larue County
- Meade County
- Nelson County
- Harrison County
- Perry 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 Perryville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |