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 Shelton (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 Shelton. 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 and hospitals 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.
Shelton is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Shelton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shelton:
- Webster County (The home county of Shelton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Free Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- West Wheatcroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Lisman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Poole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blackford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Sebree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Slaughters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Creswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Crider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Crayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Tolu
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Curdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- West Louisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Corydon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smith Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Robards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Henderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baskett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Bluff City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hebbardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Spottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Nebo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Manitou
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manitou is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- Hanson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vandetta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Fiddle Bow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- Richland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Madisonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Earlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lemon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Elba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Rumsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Sacramento
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Breckinridge Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flournoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Sullivan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Morganfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sturgis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Grangertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Hitesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Dekoven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Raleigh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Old Shawneetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Lawler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Lamb
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Cave-In-Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Rock Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Karbers Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Hovey
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Caborn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Bufkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shelton, see our County-by-County Page for Shelton.
Cemeteries Near Shelton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shelton.
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 Shelton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shelton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Caton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harnion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lynn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tapp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Lisman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Shelton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shelton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shelton, with the one closest to Shelton listed first.
- Hearin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hearin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
- Free Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Boxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boxville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxville
- Cullen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Tilden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tilden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Lisman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Wanamaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wanamaker is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
- Sullivan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Saint Vincent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Vincent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
- Flournoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vanderburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shelton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shelton.
Newspapers Published in Shelton ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shelton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shelton, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shelton.
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 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 Shelton:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Union County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Posey County
- Vanderburgh 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> | 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 Shelton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Shelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |