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 Petersburg (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 Petersburg. 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 hospitals 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.
Petersburg is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Petersburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Petersburg:
Jefferson County (The home county of Petersburg)
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel West Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the north)
West Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Buechel Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
Watterson Park (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Watterson Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
Newburg (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Newburg is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg Poplar Hills (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Poplar Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
Strathmoor Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Strathmoor Gardens is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmoor Gardens Wellington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
Hollow Creek (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hollow Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
Spring Mill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Spring Mill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
Lynnview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Lynnview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
Fern Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Cambridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cambridge is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
Anderson County
Van Buren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Van Buren is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Hunters Hollow (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Brooks (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Pioneer Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Fox Chase (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Hillview (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Mount Washington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Shepherdsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Solitude (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Bardstown Junction (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Cupio (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
West Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Howard (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Dietz Acres (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Prichard Place (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Rose Terrace (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Colesburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Younger Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Younger Creek is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek Radcliff (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Vine Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Jericho (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Smithfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Eminence (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Sulphur (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Pilcher Landing (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Van Voorhis Manor (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Grahamton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Grahamton is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton Lickskillet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Brandenburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Hills Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Highgrove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Deatsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Samuels (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Coxs Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Hunters (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Bourbon Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Nazareth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Withrow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Withrow is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow Cravens (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Cravens is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens Bloomfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Orchard Grass Hills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Pewee Valley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Crestwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Harmony Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Park Lake (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Goshen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Buckner (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Westport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Finchville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Figgs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Chestnut Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Shelbyville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Southville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Clay Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Cropper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Normandy (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Arctic Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Oak Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Jeffersonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Utica (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Watson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Clarksville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Prather (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Sellersburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Speed (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Charlestown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Bennettsville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
New Albany (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Georgetown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Galena (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Greenville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Locust Point (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Elizabeth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lanesville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
New Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Crandall (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Dogwood (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Bradford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Laconia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Corydon Junction (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction Corydon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
New Salisbury (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Central (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Central is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Bartle (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle New Pekin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Petersburg, see our County-by-County Page for Petersburg .
Cemeteries Near Petersburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petersburg.
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 Petersburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Petersburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Forest Home Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Memorial Cemetery The Resthaven Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery Resthaven Cemetery Resthaven Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75706 <2>
Pennsylvania Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsylvania Run Cemetery The Pennsylvania Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Penn Run Cemetery Penn Run Memorial Park Pennsylvania Run Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #218002 <2>
Prather Family Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
McCawley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jeffersontown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Breckinridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Calvary Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Louisville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Clark Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Terry Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (429 more) ...
Cooper Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Chenoweth Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Country Home Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Petersburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Petersburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Petersburg, with the one closest to Petersburg listed first.
Buechel (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Okolona (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Smyrna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Fern Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Prestonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Jeffersontown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Beechwood Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Saint Matthews (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
South Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park Fairmount (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Fairmount is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Clifton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Zoneton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Zoneton is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoneton Continue List (17 more) ...
Lyndon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Louisville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Brooks (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Petersburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Petersburg .
Newspapers Published in Petersburg ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Petersburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petersburg, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Petersburg.
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 Petersburg:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Petersburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Petersburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Petersburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.