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 Straw (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 Straw. 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 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 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.
Straw is located in Edmonson 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 Edmonson County: Barren, Butler, Grayson, Hart & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Straw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Straw:
- Edmonson County (The home county of Straw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Stockholm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Kyrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Bee Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sweeden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Mammoth Cave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Rhoda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Huff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Union City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Rocky Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Roundhill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Meador
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Cedar Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Highland Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Park City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cave City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Beckton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Rocky Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Coral Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Glasgow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Haywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Lucas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Slick Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Horn Back Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- McDaniels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Constantine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Dyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Falls-of-Rough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buras
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Se Ree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Jetson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Welch's Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morgantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Peonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Higdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Wheelers Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Shrewsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Clarkson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leitchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Big Clifty
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Caneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Short Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Spring Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Spurrier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Seven Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Upton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- White Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Limp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Eastview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- White Mills Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Hardin Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Sonora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nolin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Dogcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Winesap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Priceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Munfordville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rowletts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Bonnieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Cave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bunnell Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Hardyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Canmer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Hammonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Mount Sherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- Tonieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Knob Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Horse Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Plum Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Gotts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Bowling Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Rockland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Springhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Hadley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Alvaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Straw, see our County-by-County Page for Straw.
Cemeteries Near Straw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Straw.
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 Straw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Straw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Cove Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vincent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill Grove MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Good Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kyrock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Jordan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Springs Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- John Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Stevenson Cemetery
- The John Stevenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Meredith - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Merideth Family Cemetery
- merideth - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228941 <2>
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Holton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silent Grove Baptist Church 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.<3>
While we didn't find Straw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Straw.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Straw, with the one closest to Straw listed first.
- Stockholm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Dogcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Bee Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mammoth Cave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anneta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anneta is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anneta
- Winesap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Peonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Pig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Forestville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lines Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Huff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Higdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Straw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Straw.
Newspapers Published in Straw ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Straw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Straw, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Straw.
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 Straw:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Edmonson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Grayson County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Metcalfe County
- Ohio 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> | 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. |
| <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 Straw, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Straw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |