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 Pettit (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 Pettit. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Pettit is located in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Spencer (IN), Warrick (IN), Hancock, Henderson, McLean & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Pettit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettit:
- Daviess County (The home county of Pettit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Browns Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Masonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Owensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Philpot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Louisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ensor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Birk City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Saint Joseph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Curdsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Oklahoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Maceo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Vanzant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Cloverport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Pellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Lewisport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Hawesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cabot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Hebbardsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Bluff City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Reed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Carlinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Spottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Niagara
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Baskett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Robards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Dixie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Jewel City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Hanson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Buel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Livermore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lemon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sacramento
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Lynn City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Central City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Earles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Bevier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Buford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Beda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Deanefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Aetnaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Centertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Fordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ceralvo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McHenry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rockport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Onton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Sebree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Slaughters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Poole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Cannelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tobinsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Reo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reo is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Rockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hatfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Richland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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
- Rock Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Grandview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Clay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Kercheval
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Evanston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Smythe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Dayville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Newburgh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- De Gonia Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Eames
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eames is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chandler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Stevenson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Folsomville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettit, see our County-by-County Page for Pettit.
Cemeteries Near Pettit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettit.
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 Pettit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Hix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethbara Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbriar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sorgho Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Chapel Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pettit had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Sutherland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sutherland is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Moseleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Browns Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Masonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Owensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Panther
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Panther is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Habit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Habit is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habit
- Sorgho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sorgho is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorgho
- Livia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Livia is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livia
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Philpot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Louisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cleopatra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cleopatra is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopatra
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettit.
Newspapers Published in Pettit ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettit, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pettit.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Pettit:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Webster County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh 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 Pettit, 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 from Point A (ie- Pettit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |