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 Viola (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 Viola. 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.
Viola is located in Graves 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 Graves County: Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Henry (TN) & Weakley (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Viola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Viola:
- Graves County (The home county of Viola)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- West Viola
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Boaz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Pottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Melber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lowes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Farm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pryorsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Blandville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kevil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- La Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wickliffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bandana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Barlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Kirksey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Harris Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Murray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Kirbyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Fulgham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Spring Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Ledbetter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rivers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tiline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Sharpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Scale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dogtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Hardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Olive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Fairdealing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Gilbertsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Krebs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Hendron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Reidland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Massac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Oakdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Camelia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Paducah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Future City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Grahamville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Brookport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Massac City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Joppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- South Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Weakley County (TN)
- Latham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Latham is located in Weakley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Viola, see our County-by-County Page for Viola.
Cemeteries Near Viola ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Viola.
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 Viola - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Viola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Shelton Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Church Cemetery
- The Shelton Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shelton Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Hickory.
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Family Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Mayfield.
- The Trinity UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #225526 <3>
- Gough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rickman Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Boaz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz Cemetery
- The Boaz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Boaz Cemetery
- McNeil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trace Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace Creek Cemetery
- The Trace Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trace Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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 Viola had a population of 34 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Viola, with the one closest to Viola listed first.
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Boaz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Folsomdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Westplains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Pottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Clear Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Kaler
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Kansas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Melber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Symsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Farm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Oak Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Elva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Viola. See our List of 1890's Communities around Viola.
Newspapers Published in Viola ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Viola.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Viola, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Viola.
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 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 Viola:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Graves County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Obion County
- Weakley 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Viola) 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 Viola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |