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 Salem (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 Salem. 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 hospitals and 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.
Salem is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Menifee & Powell.
Below are the counties that are near Salem. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salem:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Salem)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Spencer Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Levee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prewitt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Reid Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Judy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Grassy Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Little Slate Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Peeled Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Suddith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Olympia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Peasticks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Salt Lick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
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- Midland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Bath County
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- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Little Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock is located in Bourbon County
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- North Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Jackstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackstown is located in Bourbon County
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- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
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- Austerlitz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- Clintonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
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- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breathitt County
- Vancleve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Kiddville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Log Lick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Renick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Boonesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boonesboro is located in Clark County
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- Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ford is located in Clark County
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- Wyandotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte is located in Clark County
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- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Clark County
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- Estill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek
- Irvine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Witt Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Witt Springs is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs
- Winston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Winston is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville
- Lynch Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town
- Locust Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch
- Fayette County
- Avon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Fayette County
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- Fleming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Stringtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Grange City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
- Sherburne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sherburne is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Sunset
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tilton is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Plummers Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
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- Craintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Craintown is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown
- Muses Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
- Lawrence County
- Adeline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adeline is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Zachariah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe
- Fincastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Vada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vada is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada
- Beattyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Primrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williba is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba
- Heidelberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Saint Helens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tallega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Idamay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Athol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- College Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Doylesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
- Bybee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bybee is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee
- Elliston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Union City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Waco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moberly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moberly is located in Madison County
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- Panola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panola is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Brassfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brassfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Reeds Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Crossing is located in Madison County
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- Redhouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Redhouse is located in Madison County
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- Speedwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Madison County
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- Blue Grass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Grass is located in Madison County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Means
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Means is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
- Rothwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell
- Frenchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sudith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudith
- Mariba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba
- Denniston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Wellington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Korea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Ebon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon
- Ezel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel
- Maytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Mize
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Grassy Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Yocum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Wrigley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Malone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cannel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Upper Cane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Cane is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane
- Morris Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek
- Paint Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
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- Rosslyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
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- Black Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Old Clay City Road
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Clay City Road
- Piggville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Piggville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piggville
- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pecks Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek
- Clay City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waltersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Cat Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Farmers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
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- Mount Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Lakeview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Brady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clearfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Morehead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valeria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Campton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toliver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Mary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Lexie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Bethany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Helechawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
- Lee City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salem, see our County-by-County Page for Salem.
Cemeteries Near Salem ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salem.
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 Salem - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salem covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Lovely & Amburgey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gillum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mike Rowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hammock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilson & Dyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (653 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Martin-Willoughby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fortune Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Salem in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Salem.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salem, with the one closest to Salem listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cornwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cornwell is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Rothwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell
- Camargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Howards Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Howards Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
- Levee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee
- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosslyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn
- Waltersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Stepstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stepstone is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepstone
- Clay City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Frenchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Westbend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salem. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salem.
Newspapers Published in Salem ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salem.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salem, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salem.
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 Salem:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Bourbon County
- Breathitt County
- Clark County
- Estill County
- Fayette County
- Fleming County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Madison County
- Menifee County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Powell County
- Rowan 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Salem, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |