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 Sycamore (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 Sycamore. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Sycamore is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Sycamore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sycamore:
Jefferson County (The home county of Sycamore)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Douglass Hills (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Douglass Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,714 people
Blue Ridge Manor (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Blue Ridge Manor is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
Wildwood (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Wildwood is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
Woodland Hills (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Woodland Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 738 people
Lakeland (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Lakeland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Anchorage (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lyndon (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hurstbourne (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hurstbourne is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurstbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 4,397 people
Bellemeade (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bellemeade is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemeade Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
Hickory Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hickory Hill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
Briarwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Briarwood is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Forest Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Forest Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
Anderson County
Van Buren (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Van Buren is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Whitfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Mount Washington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hunters Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Hebron Estates (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Pioneer Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Hillview (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Brooks (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Fox Chase (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Solitude (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Shepherdsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bardstown Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Clermont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
West Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Howard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Jericho (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Smithfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Eminence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Sulphur (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
New Castle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Pleasureville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Campbellsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bethlehem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Bethlehem is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Franklinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Franklinton is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton Turners Station (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Turners Station is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners Station Lawrence County
Castle ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Castle is located in Lawrence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Meade County
Pilcher Landing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Highgrove (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Fairfield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Coxs Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Deatsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Samuels (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Hunters (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Bloomfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bourbon Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Nazareth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Withrow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Withrow is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow East Bardstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
East Bardstown is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bardstown Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Orchard Grass Hills (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Pewee Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Crestwood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Park Lake (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Goshen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Harmony Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Buckner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Westport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Russell Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Finchville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Chestnut Grove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Shelbyville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Figgs (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Southville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Clay Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Cropper (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Christianburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Christianburg is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg Bagdad (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Waddy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Normandy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Trimble County
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Mount Pleasant (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Bedford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Trout (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Trout is located in Trimble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Utica (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Oak Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Arctic Springs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Watson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Jeffersonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Prather (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Clarksville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Sunset Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sunset Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village Sellersburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Charlestown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Speed (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
New Albany (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Floyds Knobs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Galena (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Georgetown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Greenville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Locust Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Lanesville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Elizabeth (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Crandall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
New Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Bradford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Corydon Junction (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction New Salisbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Corydon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dogwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Jefferson County (IN)
Chelsea (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Chelsea is located in Jefferson County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Scott County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Lexington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Goshen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Bartle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle New Pekin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sycamore, see our County-by-County Page for Sycamore .
Cemeteries Near Sycamore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sycamore.
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 Sycamore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sycamore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Middletown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Country Home Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jeffersontown Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Worthington Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Breckinridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Souther Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Louisville Memorial Gardens East (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Memorial Cemetery The Resthaven Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery Resthaven Cemetery Resthaven Memorial Park Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75706 <2>
Chenoweth Run Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Eastwood Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (385 more) ...
Yager Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pewee Valley Cemetery East (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Sycamore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sycamore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
Anchorage (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lakeland (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Lakeland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Lyndon (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Middletown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jeffersontown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Goose Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
O'Bannon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
O'Bannon is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Bannon Beechwood Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Worthington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Worthington is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Saint Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Eastwood (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pewee Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (15 more) ...
Buechel (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Fern Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Fisherville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sycamore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sycamore .
Newspapers Published in Sycamore ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sycamore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sycamore, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Sycamore.
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 websites either 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 Sycamore:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Lawrence County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Trimble County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Jefferson County Scott County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sycamore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Sycamore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Sycamore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.