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 Powderly (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 Powderly. 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 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.
Powderly is located in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County: Butler, Christian, Hopkins, Logan, McLean, Ohio & Todd.
Below are the counties that are near Powderly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powderly:
- Muhlenberg County (The home county of Powderly)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Nebo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nebo is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Bevier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Central City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Depoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Nonnell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Drakesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beech Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Bancroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Provo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Harreldsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mining City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Quality
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Dunbar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Morgantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Richelieu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Bluff Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Empire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crofton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Moseleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Masonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nortonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Mortons Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Earlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Madisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vandetta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Hanson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Manitou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Agnes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Wolf Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Lewisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Justice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Gordonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Sacramento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Livermore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Buel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lemon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Ceralvo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Rockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Echols
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Centertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- McHenry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Beaver Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Beda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Select
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Buford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Clifty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Allegre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Sharon Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Elkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Slaughters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Onton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powderly, see our County-by-County Page for Powderly.
Cemeteries Near Powderly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powderly.
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 Powderly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powderly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Cessna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fortney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jago Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West End Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Luckett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Company Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Powderly had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Powderly had a population of 736 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powderly, with the one closest to Powderly listed first.
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Depoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Bevier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Central City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Drakesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gishton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gishton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gishton
- South Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Belton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Earles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McNary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McNary is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
- Smallhous
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smallhous is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallhous
- Rockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powderly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powderly.
Newspapers Published in Powderly ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powderly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powderly, 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 Powderly.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Powderly:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Muhlenberg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Daviess County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Ohio County
- Todd County
- Webster 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 Powderly, 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 from Point A (ie- Powderly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |