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 Smith Mills (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 Smith Mills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Smith Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Smith Mills: Smith Mls. (or less commonly used: Smith Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smith Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smith Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the 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.
Smith Mills is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Posey (IN), Vanderburgh (IN), Warrick (IN), Daviess, McLean, Union & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Smith Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith Mills:
- Henderson County (The home county of Smith Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Corydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- White City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Niagara
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Robards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baskett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Bluff City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hebbardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Reed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reed is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Carlinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Curdsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Birk City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- West Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Nebo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Jewel City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Hanson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vandetta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Beech Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lemon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Hitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flournoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Breckinridge Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Chapman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Grangertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dekoven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dekoven is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Poole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Free Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Free Union is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Sebree
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lisman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Vanderburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vanderburg is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderburg
- West Wheatcroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Onton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Onton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
- Blackford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blackford is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- Slaughters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- New Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Inman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 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 west)
- Ridgway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Saline Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Lamb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Emma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maunie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Roland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roland is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Carmi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Haubstadt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mounts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Hovey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Bufkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Solitude
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Oliver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Hepburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Blairsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Savah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Saint Wendel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Wadesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spencer County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Evansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Smythe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Melody Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Armstrong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Darmstadt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- McCutchanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Inglefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warrick County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Newburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Dayville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Elberfeld
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Smith Mills.
Cemeteries Near Smith Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Mills.
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 Smith Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Smith Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burbanks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corydon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stroud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morehead Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Dixon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Smith Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith Mills, with the one closest to Smith Mills listed first.
- Geneva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Jonesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jonesburg is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
- Corydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Vincent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
- West Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Franklin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
- Flournoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Weaverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weaverton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chapman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rankin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Mills.
Newspapers Published in Smith Mills ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Mills, 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 Smith Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Smith Mills:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daviess County
- Hopkins County
- McLean County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- White County
- Gibson County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick 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 Smith Mills, 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- Smith Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |