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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 Pleasant Green Hill (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 Pleasant Green Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant Green Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Pleasant Greenhill.
- A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Green Hill: Pleasant Grn. Hill
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Pleasant Green Hill is located in Christian 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 Christian County: Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg, Montgomery (TN) & Stewart (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Green Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Green Hill:
- Christian County (The home county of Pleasant Green Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Hopkinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crofton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Gracey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Church Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Fearsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Newstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Bluff Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Herndon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pembroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Cobb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Claxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Hopson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- McGowan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Lewistown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dulaney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crider
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Saint Charles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Nortonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dawson Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Mortons Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Earlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fiddle Bow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Madisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Justice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Deer Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Gordonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Agnes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Olmstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Lyon County
- Lamasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Depoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Rosewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Earles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Nebo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Powderly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beech Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Kirkmansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Allegre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Trenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clifty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Elkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sharon Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Anderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Guthrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hadensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Allensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Cerulean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Wallonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cadiz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Trigg Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Stryker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Louise Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Woodlawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Saint Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Wingate West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Dotsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Stewart County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Legate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Legate is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Bumpus Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Mound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Snider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Green Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Green Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Green Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Green Hill.
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 Pleasant Green Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Green Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Old Bell Place Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hamby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cave Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cave Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopkinsville.
- The Cave Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cave Spring Cemetery
- Cove Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73355 <2>
- Haddock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lanier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Cornelius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Cemetery
- The Dogwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Barren Springs Cemetery
- Ladd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Pleasant Green Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Green Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Green Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Green Hill listed first.
- Kelly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Sinking Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sinking Fork is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Fork
- Hopkinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Era
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Era is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Gracey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Julien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Julien is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julien
- Crofton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Church Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Casky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Casky is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casky
- Newstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Fruit Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fruit Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Caledonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Green Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Green Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Green Hill ...
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 Pleasant Green Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Green Hill, 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 Pleasant Green Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Pleasant Green Hill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Christian County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- Lyon County
- Muhlenberg County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart 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 Pleasant Green Hill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Green Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |