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 Smithview (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 Smithview. 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 hospitals and 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.
Smithview is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Smithview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smithview:
- Grayson County (The home county of Smithview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Spring Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tousey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Yeaman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Millwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Short Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Shrewsbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Black Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Duff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Leitchfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clarkson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- McDaniels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Dean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Vanzant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- McQuady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Westview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Se Ree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Tar Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Constantine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Jetson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Aberdeen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morgantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Mining City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Dunbar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Provo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Oklahoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Sunfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Roundhill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Mammoth Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Cabot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Spurrier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- White Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Eastview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Vertrees
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Seven Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- White Mills Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Flint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Dogcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Priceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Skilesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ennis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Arnold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Horse Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Olaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Rosine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Select
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Cromwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Fordsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Plum Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Perry County (IN)
- Tobinsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smithview, see our County-by-County Page for Smithview.
Cemeteries Near Smithview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smithview.
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 Smithview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smithview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Lower Bates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Bates Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Caneyville.
- The Lower Bates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bates Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236675 <3>
- Lacefield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mahurin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Needmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woosley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Layman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wade Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Evans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Embry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Smithview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smithview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smithview, with the one closest to Smithview listed first.
- Spring Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ready
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ready is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready
- Tousey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- White Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Run is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Run
- Welch's Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Arnold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Millwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Short Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Horse Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Renfrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Renfrow is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lee is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nash is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Shrewsbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Dexterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smithview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smithview.
Newspapers Published in Smithview ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smithview, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smithview.
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 Smithview:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Warren County
- Perry 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smithview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Smithview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |