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 Wheel (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 Wheel. 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.
Wheel 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 Wheel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wheel:
- Graves County (The home county of Wheel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Lowes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Fancy Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Melber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Hickory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Boaz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Westplains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Mayfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Wingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Symsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Blandville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Gage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- La Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wickliffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Bandana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Kirksey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Protemus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Harris Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Dexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Kirbyton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cayce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Jordan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Hickman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(17 miles [27.4 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
(21 miles [33.8 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 Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Ledbetter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Sharpe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Scale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dogtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Tatumsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Calvert City
(27 miles [43.5 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>
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Gilbertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Camelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Massac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Future City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Krebs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lone Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Hendron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Cimota City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- West Paducah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grahamville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- 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)
- Brookport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Joppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pope County (IL)
- Hamletsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olmsted
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Villa Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- South Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pierce Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- McConnell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McConnell is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- 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 Wheel, see our County-by-County Page for Wheel.
Cemeteries Near Wheel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wheel.
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 Wheel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wheel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lowes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lowes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960166 <2>
- Emmaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armistead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (459 more) ...
- Kansas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Cemetery
- The Kansas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Diggs Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Allcock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wheel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wheel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wheel, with the one closest to Wheel listed first.
- Kirbyton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Fancy Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Kansas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Folsomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Melber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Hickory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boaz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blandville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Westplains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wheel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheel.
Newspapers Published in Wheel ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wheel, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wheel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Wheel:
- 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
- Alexander County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wheel) 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 Wheel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |