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 Steff (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 Steff. 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.
Steff 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 Steff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Steff:
- Grayson County (The home county of Steff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Spring Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yeaman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Tousey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Short Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Millwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Shrewsbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Black Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Duff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Leitchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clarkson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vanzant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- 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
- Horn Back Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- McDaniels
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McQuady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- 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
- Se Ree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Westview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Harned
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Aberdeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jetson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Morgantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mining City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Woodbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Dunbar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Provo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 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 Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Oklahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Philpot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Sunfish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Roundhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Cabot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(25 miles [40.2 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 Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Spurrier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Hart County
- Dogcreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Skilesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Browder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Beechmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Bevier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Central City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- Beech Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Arnold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Horse Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Olaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Select
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cromwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Dundee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Beaver Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fordsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McHenry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Richardsville
(23 miles [37 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
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Hadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Plum Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 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 Steff, see our County-by-County Page for Steff.
Cemeteries Near Steff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steff.
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 Steff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Steff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Bates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Arnold Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Arnold Ridge Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Rosine.
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lacefield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (297 more) ...
- East Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baizetown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Steff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Steff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Steff, with the one closest to Steff listed first.
- Spring Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- White Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Run is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Run
- Arnold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Renfrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Renfrow is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Horse Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- 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
- Caneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tousey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Rosine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Select
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Dexterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- Ready
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ready is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Olaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Short Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Steff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steff.
Newspapers Published in Steff ...
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 Steff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steff, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steff.
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 Steff:
- 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
- McLean 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Steff) 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 Steff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |