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 Walnut Grove (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 Walnut Grove. 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 Walnut Grove ...
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.
Another variation: Walnutgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Walnut Grove: Walnut Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walnut Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut Grove.
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 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.
Walnut Grove is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken & Trigg.
Below are the counties that are near Walnut Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut Grove:
- Marshall County (The home county of Walnut Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Dogtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Benton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Fairdealing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Hardin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Tatumsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Gilbertsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calvert City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Ballard County
- Lovelaceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Dulaney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Hopson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Crider
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGowan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Dexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Murray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- New Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- New Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carlisle County
- Kirbyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Crittenden County
- Dycusburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Symsonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Westplains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Boaz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Mayfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Viola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Sedalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tri City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tri City is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Bell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Pottsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Lynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Ledbetter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tiline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Burna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Carmack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Reidland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Krebs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Oakdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hendron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Paducah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Massac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Camelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Paducah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Trigg Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Cadiz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wallonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Shady Grove
(24 miles [38.6 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)
- Massac City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Henry County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Conyersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Puryear
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Puryear is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mandels is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Stewart County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Snider
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Bumpus Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut Grove.
Cemeteries Near Walnut Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut Grove.
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 Walnut Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Cope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Haymes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Starks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Horn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Collie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waid Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waid Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waid Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Benton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255329 <3>
- Continue List (756 more) ...
- Gore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McNatt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshall County Memory Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Walnut Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walnut Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut Grove, with the one closest to Walnut Grove listed first.
- Glade
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Benton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Harvey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harvey is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Wadesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wadesboro is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Scale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Briensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Briensburg is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briensburg
- Dexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Birmingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Iola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oak Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Kirksey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Palma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Palma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walnut Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Grove.
Newspapers Published in Walnut Grove ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Grove, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walnut Grove.
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 Walnut Grove:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- McCracken County
- Trigg County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Henry 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Walnut Grove) 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 Walnut Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |