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 Three Forks (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 Three Forks. 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 Three Forks ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Three Forks: Three Frks.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Three Forks. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Three Forks.
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 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.
Three Forks is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Three Forks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Three Forks:
- Warren County (The home county of Three Forks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Martinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Smiths Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Alvaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Drake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Bowling Green
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Springhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Anna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Woodburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Meador
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Cedar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Scottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Trammel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Pope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Oak Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Mount Aerial
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Petroleum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Beckton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Lucas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Highland Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Glasgow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Etoile
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Coral Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Slick Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Whittinghill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Jetson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Richelieu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Union City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mammoth Cave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Stockholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Kyrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sweeden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Huff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roundhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Sunfish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Horse Cave
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cub Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Logsdon Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Winesap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Rowletts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Munfordville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Three Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- South Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Summer Shade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Beaumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Fountain Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Akersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Mud Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Gold City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Macon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Siloam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siloam is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Frog Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Black Jack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Sengtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Westmoreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Mitchellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Bledsoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Three Forks, see our County-by-County Page for Three Forks.
Cemeteries Near Three Forks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Three Forks.
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 Three Forks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Three Forks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Martinsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh General Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Henderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith's Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Agee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Harston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Three Forks had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Three Forks, with the one closest to Three Forks listed first.
- Claypool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Hydro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Polkville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Meador
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Motley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Settle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Settle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settle
- Smiths Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hardcastle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Gainesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gainesville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Halifax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Three Forks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Three Forks.
Newspapers Published in Three Forks ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Three Forks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Three Forks, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Three Forks.
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 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 Three Forks:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Sumner 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Three Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Three Forks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |