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 Shawneetown (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 Shawneetown. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Shawneetown is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Bourbon, Clark, Jessamine, Madison, Scott & Woodford.
Below are the counties that are near Shawneetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shawneetown:
- Fayette County (The home county of Shawneetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Lexington - Fayette
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
- Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
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- Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
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- Cadentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cadentown is located in Fayette County
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- Deep Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
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- Bracktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bracktown is located in Fayette County
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- Montrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Fayette County
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- Elk Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Chester is located in Fayette County
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- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Fayette County
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- Uttingertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Uttingertown is located in Fayette County
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- Yarnallton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnallton is located in Fayette County
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- Elmendorf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmendorf is located in Fayette County
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- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Tyrone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Anderson County
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- McBrayer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McBrayer is located in Anderson County
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- Lawrenceburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alton Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alton Station is located in Anderson County
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- Fox Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fox Creek is located in Anderson County
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- Avenstoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avenstoke is located in Anderson County
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- Birdie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Birdie is located in Anderson County
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- Anderson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson City is located in Anderson County
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- Sinai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sinai is located in Anderson County
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- Ashbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ashbrook is located in Anderson County
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- Glensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glensboro is located in Anderson County
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- Bath County
- Hooktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooktown is located in Bath County
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- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Clintonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
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- Austerlitz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- Stony Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
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- Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kiserton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kiserton is located in Bourbon County
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- North Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Shawhan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shawhan is located in Bourbon County
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- Little Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock is located in Bourbon County
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- Millersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackstown is located in Bourbon County
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- Boyd County
- Rockdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Boyd County
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- Boyle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Faulconer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Faulconer is located in Boyle County
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- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Boyle County
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- Little Needmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Needmore is located in Boyle County
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- Hedgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hedgeville is located in Boyle County
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- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Danville is located in Boyle County
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- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Pine Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Clark County
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- Wyandotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wyandotte is located in Clark County
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- Boonesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boonesboro is located in Clark County
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- Renick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ford is located in Clark County
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- Winchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rightangle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Kiddville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Log Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Woodlake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlake is located in Franklin County
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- Forks of Elkhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forks of Elkhorn is located in Franklin County
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- Farmdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Farmdale is located in Franklin County
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- Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buttimer Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buttimer Hill is located in Franklin County
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- Bridgeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Franklin County
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- Elmville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmville is located in Franklin County
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- Benson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Franklin County
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- Swallowfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swallowfield is located in Franklin County
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- Garrard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Stone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stone is located in Garrard County
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- Bryantsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nina is located in Garrard County
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- Hyattsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hyattsville is located in Garrard County
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- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Garrard County
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- Paint Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harlan County
- Rutherford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rutherford is located in Harlan County
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- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Cynthiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rutland is located in Harrison County
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- Poindexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Harrison County
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- Jessamine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Brannon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brannon is located in Jessamine County
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- Catnip ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catnip is located in Jessamine County
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- Keene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Town is located in Jessamine County
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- Logana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Logana is located in Jessamine County
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- Nicholasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jessamine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jessamine is located in Jessamine County
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- Vineyard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vineyard is located in Jessamine County
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- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Jessamine County
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- Hanly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hanly is located in Jessamine County
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- Mount Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Jessamine County
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- Wilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pollard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pollard is located in Jessamine County
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- Lawrence County
- Adeline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adeline is located in Lawrence County
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- Lincoln County
- Hubble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hubble is located in Lincoln County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Valley View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Valley View is located in Madison County
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- Cuzick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cuzick is located in Madison County
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- Stringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Madison County
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- Blue Grass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Grass is located in Madison County
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- Baldwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Madison County
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- Edenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edenton is located in Madison County
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- Million
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Million is located in Madison County
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- Newby
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newby is located in Madison County
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- Redhouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Redhouse is located in Madison County
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- Cottonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonburg is located in Madison County
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- Ruthton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ruthton is located in Madison County
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- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Madison County
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- Hillcrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Madison County
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- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Braxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Braxton is located in Mercer County
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- Salvisa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McAfee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McAfee is located in Mercer County
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- Vanarsdell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vanarsdell is located in Mercer County
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- Burgin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Mercer County
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- Mayo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Mercer County
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- Harrodsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Mercer County
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- Tablow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tablow is located in Mercer County
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- Cornishville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornishville is located in Mercer County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Grassy Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Prewitt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Hedgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hedgeville is located in Montgomery County
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- Hedgeville has also been known as:
- Hedges
- Reid Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Judy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Owen County
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- Rockdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Owen County
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- Tacketts Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tacketts Mill is located in Owen County
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- Beechwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Owen County
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- Teresita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teresita is located in Owen County
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- Natlee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Natlee is located in Owen County
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- Powell County
- Westbend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
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- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Zion Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Scott County
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- Payne's Depot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Payne's Depot is located in Scott County
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- Payne's Depot has also been known as:
- Paynes
- New Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Zion is located in Scott County
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- Clabber Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clabber Bottom is located in Scott County
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- Herdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Herdon is located in Scott County
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- Lancelot Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancelot Estates is located in Scott County
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- Peak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peak is located in Scott County
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- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Scott County
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- Great Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Great Crossing is located in Scott County
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- Newtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Newtown is located in Scott County
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- Shiff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shiff is located in Scott County
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- Stone Hedge Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stone Hedge Estates is located in Scott County
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- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Hatton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Shelby County
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- Harrisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harrisonville is located in Shelby County
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- Washington County
- Seaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seaville is located in Washington County
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- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Gaybourn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gaybourn is located in Woodford County
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- Pisgah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Woodford County
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- Faywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Faywood is located in Woodford County
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- Pinckard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pinckard is located in Woodford County
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- Firmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Firmantown is located in Woodford County
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- Hunter Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hunter Town is located in Woodford County
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- Bonita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bonita is located in Woodford County
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- Davistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davistown is located in Woodford County
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- Woodford Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Woodford Village is located in Woodford County
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- Nugent Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nugent Crossroads is located in Woodford County
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- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace is located in Woodford County
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- Versailles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shawneetown, see our County-by-County Page for Shawneetown.
Cemeteries Near Shawneetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shawneetown.
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 Shawneetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shawneetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Lexington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lexington National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cove Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Haven Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cove Haven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lexington.
- The Cove Haven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1802031 <2>
- Blue Grass Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Wise Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howards Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crest Lawn Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Shawneetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shawneetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shawneetown, with the one closest to Shawneetown listed first.
- Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Elkhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Elkhorn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elkhorn
- Brannon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brannon is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon
- Viley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viley
- Catnip ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catnip is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catnip
- East Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Hickman is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hickman
- Walnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Montrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Elk Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Chester is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Chester
- Fort Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Spring is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Greendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greendale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Nealton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nealton is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nealton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Yarnallton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnallton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnallton
- Keene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union Mills is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shawneetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shawneetown.
Newspapers Published in Shawneetown ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shawneetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shawneetown, 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 Shawneetown.
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 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 Shawneetown:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bath County
- Bourbon County
- Boyd County
- Boyle County
- Clark County
- Franklin County
- Garrard County
- Harlan County
- Harrison County
- Jessamine County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Owen County
- Powell County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington County
- Woodford 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 Shawneetown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shawneetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |