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 Stiles Crossing (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 Stiles Crossing. 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 Stiles Crossing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Stiles Crossing: Stiles Xing.
- While the name of this community is Stiles Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stiles Crossing may originally have been Stile's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stiles Crossing might be written as Stile Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stiles Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stiles Crossing.
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 doctors and 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.
Stiles Crossing is located in McCracken 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 McCracken County: Massac (IL), Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston & Marshall.
Below are the counties that are near Stiles Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stiles Crossing:
- McCracken County (The home county of Stiles Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Reidland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Krebs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Paducah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Camelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Paducah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Future City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Grahamville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- West Future City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Ceredo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Gage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Kevil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bandana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Blandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- La Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dulaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Kirksey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Murray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Cunningham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Dycusburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Symsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Westplains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- West Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Hickory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Pottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Lowes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Mayfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Pryorsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Ledbetter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rivers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Burna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Tiline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Carrsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Kuttawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carmack
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Eddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Sharpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Calvert City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <2>
- Gilbertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Tatumsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Shetlerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Rosiclare
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Reevesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Golconda
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rock is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stiles Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Stiles Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Stiles Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stiles Crossing.
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 Stiles Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stiles Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Dishman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dishman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Story Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hurley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pryors Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bolton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (516 more) ...
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robertson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Stiles Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stiles Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stiles Crossing, with the one closest to Stiles Crossing listed first.
- Epperson
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Epperson is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Little Cypress
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Sharpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Symsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Palma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palma
- New Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Liberty is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Paducah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <2>
- Kaler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Iola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Hamletsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stiles Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stiles Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Stiles Crossing ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stiles Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stiles Crossing, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stiles Crossing.
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 Stiles Crossing:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to McCracken County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stiles Crossing, 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 from Point A (ie- Stiles Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |