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 Shawneeland (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 Shawneeland. 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 doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Shawneeland 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 Shawneeland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shawneeland:
Jefferson County (The home county of Shawneeland)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Parkland (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Parkland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Louisville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Saint Dennis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis Shively (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
German Town (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
German Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town Clifton (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Parkway Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Parkway Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
Audubon Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Audubon Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
Prestonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Mockingbird Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
Pleasure Ridge Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Pleasure Ridge Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Ridge Park Lynnview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lynnview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Hunters Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Brooks (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fox Chase (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Pioneer Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Hebron Estates (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Cupio (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Hillview (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Shepherdsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mount Washington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Bardstown Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Pitt's Point (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Pitt's Point is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt's Point Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
West Point (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Howard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Prichard Place (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Rose Terrace (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Dietz Acres (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Radcliff (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Henry County
Jericho (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Pilcher Landing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Van Voorhis Manor (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Brandenburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Hills Lickskillet (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Grahamton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Grahamton is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton Battletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Battletown is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown Buck Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Buck Grove is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove Cedar Flat (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Cedar Flat is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Highgrove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Deatsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Samuels (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Coxs Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
River Bluff (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Harmony Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Orchard Grass Hills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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
Goshen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Pewee Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Crestwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Park Lake (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Buckner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Westport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Ballardsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Finchville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Chestnut Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Normandy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Jeffersonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Blackiston Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Clarksville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Arctic Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Oak Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Sellersburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Watson (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Utica (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Bennettsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Speed (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Starlight (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Prather (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Crawford County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Milltown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Carefree (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Carefree is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree Leavenworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Marengo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Pilot Knob (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
New Albany (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Floyds Knobs (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Georgetown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Galena (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Greenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Locust Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Lanesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Elizabeth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
New Middletown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Crandall (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Bradford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Corydon Junction (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction New Salisbury (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Corydon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Dogwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Palmyra (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Ramsey (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Ramsey is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Scott County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Goshen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Lexington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Scottsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
New Pekin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
Bartle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle Fredericksburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
South Boston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Harristown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Harristown is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown Hardinsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Salem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Salem is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 6,236 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shawneeland, see our County-by-County Page for Shawneeland .
Cemeteries Near Shawneeland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shawneeland.
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 Shawneeland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shawneeland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Greenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Johns Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Portland Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in New Albany (IN) . The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
Northern Burial Ground Northern Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84964 <2>
Western Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
West Haven Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Schardein Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
New Albany National Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bailey Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Holy Trinity Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Green Meadows Memorial Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (450 more) ...
Louisville Memorial Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville Memorial Gardens The Louisville Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
Louisville Memorial Park Stowers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Manslick Road Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Shawneeland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shawneeland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shawneeland, with the one closest to Shawneeland listed first.
Parkland (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Parkland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Louisville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
New Albany (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jeffersonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Clifton (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Floyds Knobs (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Edwardsville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Edwardsville is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville Prestonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Locust Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Cementville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Cementville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville Georgetown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Buechel (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Continue List (13 more) ...
Saint Matthews (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Longview (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Longview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Woodside (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Woodside is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shawneeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shawneeland .
Newspapers Published in Shawneeland ...
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 Shawneeland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shawneeland, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Shawneeland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shawneeland:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Clark County Crawford County Floyd County Harrison County Scott County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shawneeland. 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 . 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 Shawneeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Shawneeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.