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 Shaw (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 Shaw. 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 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.
Shaw is primarily located in Carlisle County. A portion of Shaw extends into Graves 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 Carlisle County: Ballard, Graves, Hickman, McCracken & Mississippi (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Shaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shaw:
- Carlisle County (The home county of Shaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Cunningham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Blandville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ceredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- La Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bandana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Kirksey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Cayce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Lowes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Melber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Pottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Fancy Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- West Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Mayfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Symsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pryorsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Wingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Spring Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Moscow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Ledbetter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Sharpe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Calvert City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Dogtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Tatumsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Gilbertsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Camelia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Massac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Future City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Cimota City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- West Paducah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Krebs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Grahamville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Hendron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Oakdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Cairo Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cache
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Hodges Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Belknap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reevesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Massac City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brookport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- New Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Big Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Mound City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Olmsted
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Chain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- New Grand Chain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Villa Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Karnak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Perks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obion County (TN)
- South Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shaw, see our County-by-County Page for Shaw.
Cemeteries Near Shaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shaw.
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 Shaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Owens Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lowes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960166 <2>
- Heard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Armistead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kansas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Cemetery
- The Kansas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Diggs Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- Allcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- St. Charles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Shaw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shaw.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shaw, with the one closest to Shaw listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Cunningham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Melber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Pottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Folsomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Fancy Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Massac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Blandville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Milburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bardwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shaw.
Newspapers Published in Shaw ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shaw, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shaw.
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 Shaw:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Carlisle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Alexander County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Obion 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Shaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |