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 Twin Lakes (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 Twin Lakes. 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 Twin Lakes ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Twin Lakes: Twin Lks.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Twin Lakes. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Twin Lakes.
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 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.
Twin Lakes is primarily located in Livingston County. A portion of Twin Lakes extends into Lyon 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 Livingston County: Hardin (IL), Massac (IL), Pope (IL), Crittenden, Lyon, Marshall & McCracken.
Below are the counties that are near Twin Lakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twin Lakes:
- Livingston County (The home county of Twin Lakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tiline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Smithland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ledbetter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Dulaney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crider
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Hopson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Fredonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McGowan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Cobb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Lewistown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Claxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Creswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Dexter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Murray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Harris Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Bainbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Gracey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Dycusburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Crayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Piney Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Symsonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westplains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Hickory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- West Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Mayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Pottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Hopkins County
- Dawson Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Carmack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Tatumsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Gilbertsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Calvert City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Scale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sharpe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Hardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Reidland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Krebs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Hendron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Paducah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Trigg Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cadiz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wallonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Cerulean
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brookport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Stewart County (TN)
- Snider
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twin Lakes, see our County-by-County Page for Twin Lakes.
Cemeteries Near Twin Lakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twin Lakes.
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 Twin Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twin Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- The Lee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lee - Dodds Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173288 <2>
- Birmingham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barnett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Henderson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frizzell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bonner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (570 more) ...
- Hildreth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Varnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Twin Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twin Lakes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twin Lakes, with the one closest to Twin Lakes listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Carmack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbertsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Briensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Briensburg is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briensburg
- Fairdealing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Scale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Confederate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Confederate is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Palma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Palma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palma
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twin Lakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twin Lakes.
Newspapers Published in Twin Lakes ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twin Lakes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Twin Lakes:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Hopkins County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Stewart 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 Twin Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Twin Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |