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 Rosetta (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 Rosetta. 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 and doctors 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.
Rosetta is located in Breckinridge 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 Breckinridge County: Perry (IN), Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Rosetta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosetta:
- Breckinridge County (The home county of Rosetta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Custer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Irvington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Dyer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Constantine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Harned
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Se Ree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Westview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Hardinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bullitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Pitt's Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pitt's Point is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt's Point
- Cupio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cupio is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio
- Lebanon Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Indian Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Big Clifty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Duff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Clarkson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leitchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Short Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Black Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Tousey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Higdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Yeaman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Peonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Cabot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Hawesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Vertrees
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Pierce Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Hardin Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Howe Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- Perryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Perryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Limp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Vine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rineyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cross Roads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cross Roads is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cross Roads
- Kraft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kraft is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraft
- Prichard Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prichard Place is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Kosmosdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kosmosdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmosdale
- Valley Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larue County
- Tonieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Big Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Maples Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maples Corner is located in Meade County
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- Guston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guston is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
- Haysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Haysville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hillgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Ekron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ekron is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Flaherty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaherty
- Buck Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Garrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Payneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sirocco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sirocco is located in Meade County
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- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Fordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Aetnaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Crawford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Alton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alton is located in Crawford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beechwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Harrison County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Mauckport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glidas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glidas is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidas
- Laconia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valley City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Central
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- New Amsterdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Dogwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Middletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Tobinsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Derby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Gerald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Magnet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Lilly Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Cannelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leopold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Branchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Ranger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosetta, see our County-by-County Page for Rosetta.
Cemeteries Near Rosetta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosetta.
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 Rosetta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosetta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Shumate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Board Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turpin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Haynes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- High Plains UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bruner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horseley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- Horsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Preston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Rosetta had a population of 53 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosetta, with the one closest to Rosetta listed first.
- Bewleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bewleyville is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewleyville
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Custer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irvington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Big Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Guston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guston is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
- Clifton Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Mills is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Harned
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Constantine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Hillgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Westview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Ekron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ekron is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosetta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosetta.
Newspapers Published in Rosetta ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosetta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosetta, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosetta.
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 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 Rosetta:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breckinridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bullitt County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Jefferson County
- Larue County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Crawford County
- Harrison County
- Perry 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 Rosetta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rosetta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |