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 Routt (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 Routt. 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 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.
Routt is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Routt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Routt:
Jefferson County (The home county of Routt)
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Fisherville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Hopewell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hopewell is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Eastwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jeffersontown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Boston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Boston is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Fern Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Douglass Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Douglass Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,714 people
Forest Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Forest Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
Hurstbourne Acres (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Hurstbourne Acres is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurstbourne Acres Population from the 2020 Census: 1,894 people
Highview (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Highview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview Hollow Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Hollow Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
Spring Mill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Spring Mill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Van Buren (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Van Buren is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Sparrow (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Sparrow is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrow Glensboro (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Glensboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensboro Anderson City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Anderson City is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson City Avenstoke (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Avenstoke is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenstoke Birdie (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Birdie is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie Ashbrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Ashbrook is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashbrook Sinai (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Sinai is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai Alton Station (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Alton Station is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Station Fox Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Fox Creek is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Whitfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Mount Washington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Solitude (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Hebron Estates (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Hillview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Pioneer Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Hunters Hollow (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Fox Chase (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Brooks (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Lotus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Lotus is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Shepherdsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Clermont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Bardstown Junction (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Benson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Benson is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Bridgeport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Farmdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Farmdale is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
West Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Howard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Colesburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Younger Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Younger Creek is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Smithfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Jericho (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Eminence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pleasureville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Sulphur (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
New Castle (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Bethlehem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bethlehem is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Campbellsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence County
Castle ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Castle is located in Lawrence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Mercer County
Tablow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Tablow is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tablow Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Highgrove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Fairfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Coxs Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Deatsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Samuels (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Bloomfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bourbon Springs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Hunters (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Nazareth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Withrow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Withrow is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow East Bardstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
East Bardstown is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bardstown Chaplin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Pewee Valley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Crestwood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Orchard Grass Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Park Lake (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Ballardsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville Buckner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
River Bluff (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Goshen (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
La Grange (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Harmony Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Russell Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Westport (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Finchville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Simpsonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Figgs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Shelbyville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Southville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Chestnut Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Clay Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Harrisonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Harrisonville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville Waddy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Christianburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Christianburg is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg Cropper (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Bagdad (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Normandy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Booker (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Booker is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Brush Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Brush Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Grove Mooresville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mooresville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville Fredericktown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Fredericktown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericktown Pulliam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pulliam is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulliam Tatham Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Tatham Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatham Springs Manton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Manton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Litsey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Litsey is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litsey Seaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Seaville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaville Sharpsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Sharpsville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsville Willisburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Arctic Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Oak Park (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Utica (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Jeffersonville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Watson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Clarksville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Prather (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Sunset Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Sunset Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village Blackiston Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Sellersburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Vesta (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Vesta is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta Charlestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Speed (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
New Albany (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Galena (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Georgetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Locust Point (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Elizabeth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lanesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Routt, see our County-by-County Page for Routt .
Cemeteries Near Routt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Routt.
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 Routt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Routt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Fairmount Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Markwell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Chenoweth Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Highlands Memory Gardens (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Washington Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Country Home Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Jeffersontown Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hell Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Showalter Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
St. Francis Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Perkins Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (390 more) ...
Buck Creek Methodist Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek Methodist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Buck Creek Methodist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Finchville . The Buck Creek Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Allen Chapel UMC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2655999 <2>
Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Finchville . The Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Buck Creek Cemetery Eastwood Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Routt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Routt.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Routt, with the one closest to Routt listed first.
Whitfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Wilsonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Wilsonville is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Fisherville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Fairmount (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Fairmount is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Elk Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Elk Creek is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Waterford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Waterford is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Eastwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jeffersontown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Mount Washington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Normandy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Veech (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Veech is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veech Continue List (15 more) ...
Long Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Long Run is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Fern Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Smithville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Smithville is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Routt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Routt .
Newspapers Published in Routt ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Routt.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Routt, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Routt.
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 helpful 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 Routt:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Bullitt County Franklin County Hardin County Henry County Lawrence County Mercer County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Washington County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Routt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Routt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Routt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.