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 Providence (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 Providence. 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.
Providence is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Providence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Providence:
- Webster County (The home county of Providence)
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Lisman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Vanderburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- West Wheatcroft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blackford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Slaughters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Poole
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sebree
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Onton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Creswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Claxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Crider
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGowan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Dulaney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Cobb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Hopson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Empire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Crofton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Piney Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Dycusburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Daviess County
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Dixie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Robards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corydon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Niagara
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Smith Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Manitou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Fiddle Bow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Hanson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Madisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Earlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vandetta
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Mortons Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pinckneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Eddyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Lemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Beech Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sacramento
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Calhoun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Earles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lynn City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Depoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Trigg County
- Cerulean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Sullivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Sturgis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Breckinridge Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dekoven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Morganfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hitesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Raleigh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Gallatin County (IL)
- Old Shawneetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Lamb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Cave-In-Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Rock Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Providence, see our County-by-County Page for Providence.
Cemeteries Near Providence ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Providence.
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 Providence - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Providence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cullen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Donis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnson Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Compton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lisman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Frazer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wynn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trailer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Providence had a population of 522 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Providence had a population of 2,986 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Lisman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Nebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Free Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Vanderburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Dixon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Piney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Piney is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Manitou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Veazey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Veazey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
- Hearin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hearin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Blackford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Creswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Sullivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Providence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Providence.
Newspapers Published in Providence ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Providence.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Providence, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Providence.
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 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 Providence:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin 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 Providence, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Providence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |