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 Stovall (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 Stovall. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Stovall is located in Barren 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 Barren County: Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Stovall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stovall:
- Barren County (The home county of Stovall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Oil City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Park City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Beckton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Cave City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Coral Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Hiseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Lucas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slick Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Keltner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltner
- Nell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nell is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nell
- Pickett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pickett is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Weed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Weed is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Kemp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kemp is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Meador
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Cedar Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Yesse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Halfway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Scottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Trammel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Red Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Petroleum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Cumberland County
- Dubre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dubre is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubre
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Union City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Mammoth Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Stockholm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Lindseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Bee Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Peonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Liletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Exie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Gabe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Spurrier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Upton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Seven Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Flint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Horse Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Rowletts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Winesap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Munfordville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bunnell Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Three Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Cub Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hardyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Pascal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Dogcreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Canmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Larue County
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Knob Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Summer Shade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Beaumont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Fountain Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mud Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Akersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Tompkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Alvaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Richardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Springhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stovall, see our County-by-County Page for Stovall.
Cemeteries Near Stovall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stovall.
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 Stovall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stovall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Glasgow.
- The Barber Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harlows Chapel Cemetery
- Loving Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463566 <3>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cave City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hatcher - Poynter 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.<4>
While we didn't find Stovall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stovall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stovall, with the one closest to Stovall listed first.
- Oil City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cave City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Goodnight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Coral Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Hydro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Mammoth Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smiths Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hiseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stovall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stovall.
Newspapers Published in Stovall ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stovall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stovall, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stovall.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stovall:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Barren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Cumberland County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Warren 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 from Point A (ie- Stovall) 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 Stovall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |