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 Pumpkin Center (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 Pumpkin Center. 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 Pumpkin Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pumpkin Center: Pumpkin Ctr. (or less commonly used: Pumpkin Cen., Pumpkin Cent. or Pumpkin Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pumpkin Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pumpkin Center.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pumpkin Center is located in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County: Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon & Trigg.
Below are the counties that are near Pumpkin Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center:
- Caldwell County (The home county of Pumpkin Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Lewistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Princeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- McGowan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Crider
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Hopson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Creswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Bainbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Empire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Gracey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Crofton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newstead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Church Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Hopkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Bluff Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Piney Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Dycusburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Dawson Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Dalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Fiddle Bow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Saint Charles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Earlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Mortons Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nortonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Manitou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Pinckneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Burna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Smithland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Lamasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Eddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Carmack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Gilbertsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairdealing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Tatumsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Wallonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cerulean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg Furnace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Cadiz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Caledonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Sullivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Grangertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Providence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blackford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- West Wheatcroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Vanderburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Hardin County (IL)
- Cave-In-Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center, see our County-by-County Page for Pumpkin Center.
Cemeteries Near Pumpkin Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pumpkin Center.
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 Pumpkin Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pumpkin Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- O'Hara Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scarberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nichols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phelps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pool Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pool Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75579 <3>
- Lamb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dance Nichols Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stallins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Calvert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pumpkin Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pumpkin Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Princeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scottsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scottsburg is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsburg
- McGowan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Claxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- White Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Otter Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Otter Pond is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Pond
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Dulaney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Rufus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
- Crider
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Hopson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lamasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Creswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Enon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pumpkin Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pumpkin Center.
Newspapers Published in Pumpkin Center ...
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 Pumpkin Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pumpkin Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pumpkin Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pumpkin Center:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Caldwell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- Trigg County
- Union County
- Webster 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pumpkin Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pumpkin Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |