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 Reedyville (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 Reedyville. 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 doctors and 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.
Reedyville is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Reedyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reedyville:
- Butler County (The home county of Reedyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Jetson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Woodbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Welch's Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Aberdeen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morgantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunbar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Richelieu
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Mining City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Provo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Meador
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Halfway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Trammel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Mount Aerial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Pope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Cedar Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Highland Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Park City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beckton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Rocky Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Haywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Lucas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Horn Back Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Falls-of-Rough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McDaniels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Roundhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sunfish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sweeden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Rhoda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Mammoth Cave
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Union City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Caneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Spring Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Black Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Peonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Leitchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Higdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Short Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Tousey
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Yeaman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Clarkson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Spurrier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Hardin Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Seven Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Dogcreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Winesap
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Priceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Horse Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munfordville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- South Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Skilesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ennis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Arnold
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Select
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Horse Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rosine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Beaver Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Echols
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Salmons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Gold City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Plum Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Hadley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Bowling Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Springhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Smiths Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Rockfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Alvaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reedyville, see our County-by-County Page for Reedyville.
Cemeteries Near Reedyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reedyville.
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 Reedyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reedyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Bethlehem Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Honakers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Threlkel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cardwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Threlkel - McClung Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cub Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nudger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green River Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peyton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Peyton Phelps Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Reedyville had a population of 38 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reedyville, with the one closest to Reedyville listed first.
- Big Reedy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Reedy is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Reedy
- Huff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Richardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Greencastle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Lee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Sunfish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Nash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nash is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Girkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bee Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reedyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reedyville.
Newspapers Published in Reedyville ...
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 Reedyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reedyville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reedyville.
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 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 Reedyville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Simpson County
- Warren 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Roundhill and Anna. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Reedyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Reedyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |