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 Rodburn (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 Rodburn. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Rodburn is located in Rowan 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 Rowan County: Bath, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Lewis, Menifee & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Rodburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rodburn:
- Rowan County (The home county of Rodburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Morehead
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clearfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
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- Brady
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
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- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
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- Lakeview Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Haldeman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
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- Elliottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
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- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Minor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
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- Mount Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Midland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Peasticks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Suddith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Oakla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oakla is located in Bath County
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- Slate Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pebble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pebble is located in Bath County
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- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Soldier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
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- Jacobs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
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- Lawton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
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- Olive Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
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- Mountain Top
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
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- Counts Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
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- Wesleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
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- Grahn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
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- Smiths Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
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- Carter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carter is located in Carter County
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- Boone Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
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- Elliott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Ault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
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- The Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
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- Gimlet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
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- Newfoundland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
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- Bell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
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- Sandy Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ibex
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
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- Bruin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
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- Isonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Farmville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
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- Plummers Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Ryan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County
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- Muses Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
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- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
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- Stringtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
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- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grange City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
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- Sunset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
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- Wallingford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County
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- Beechburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County
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- Foxport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County
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- Greenup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Tygarts Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
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- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
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- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Keaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
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- Redbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
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- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Mazie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
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- Skaggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
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- Webbville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Webbville is located in Lawrence County
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- Cherokee Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Gap is located in Lawrence County
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- Houckville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Houckville is located in Lawrence County
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- Martha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
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- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Emerson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
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- Camp Dix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
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- Burtonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County
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- Charters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
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- Tollesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vanceburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
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- Cottageville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County
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- Garrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
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- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Logville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
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- Cisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cisco is located in Magoffin County
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- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Weedonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weedonia is located in Mason County
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- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Mason County
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- Rectorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County
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- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Sudith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Frenchburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
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- Means
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Spencer Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Judy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Wrigley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
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- Yocum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- West Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ezel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Crockett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
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- Elkfork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
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- Grassy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
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- Malone
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
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- Mize
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
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- Maytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Jeptha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
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- Nicholas County
- Moorefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Powell County
- Upper Cane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Toliver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Valeria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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- Helechawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rodburn, see our County-by-County Page for Rodburn.
Cemeteries Near Rodburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rodburn.
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 Rodburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rodburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery Two
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Caudill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Family
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clearfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDaniel Cemetery One
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smedley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (776 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery One
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moore - Messer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gray - Seamonds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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, Rodburn had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rodburn, with the one closest to Rodburn listed first.
- Morehead
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brady
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Triplett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Triplett is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Elliottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
- Soldier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Cogswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cogswell is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogswell
- Minor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
- Jacobs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Midland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blairs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blairs Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Wyett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyett is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyett
- Lawton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rodburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rodburn.
Newspapers Published in Rodburn ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rodburn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rodburn, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rodburn.
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 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 Rodburn:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Rowan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Magoffin County
- Mason County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Powell County
- Wolfe 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 Rodburn, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rodburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |