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 Sand Hill (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 Sand Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Sand Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Sandhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Sand Hill is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Sand Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Hill:
- Warren County (The home county of Sand Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Anna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Plum Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Gotts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Smiths Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Claypool
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Martinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Alvaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Meador
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Halifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Yesse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halfway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Trammel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Mount Aerial
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Cedar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Red Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Scottsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Park City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Beckton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Rocky Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Oil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cave City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lucas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Coral Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Jetson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Woodbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Morgantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Richelieu
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Aberdeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Mining City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Provo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Quality
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Huff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Roundhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Lindseyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Rocky Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Sunfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Bee Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Mammoth Cave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Stockholm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Caneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Peonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Black Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Spring Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Higdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Leitchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Clarkson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Short Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Tousey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Duff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Dogcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Horse Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rowletts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Priceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Munfordville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- South Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Muhlenberg County
- Skilesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Arnold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Select
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Horse Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rosine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Gold City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sand Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Hill.
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 Sand Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Flora Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Honakers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hawks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green River Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gravel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Church of Christ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Isaac Stephens Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- T L Stephens Briggs Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kinser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sand Hill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Hill, with the one closest to Sand Hill listed first.
- Girkin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Richardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Bristow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Reedyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reedyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
- Greencastle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Huff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Smiths Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Big Reedy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Reedy is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Reedy
- Hardcastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sand Hill ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sand Hill.
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 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 Sand Hill:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Simpson 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Roundhill and Anna. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sand Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |