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 Whickerville (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 Whickerville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Whickerville is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Larue & Metcalfe.
Below are the counties that are near Whickerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whickerville:
- Hart County (The home county of Whickerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Pascal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
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- Three Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
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- Hardyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
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- Bunnell Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
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- Canmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
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- Rio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rio is located in Hart County
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- Rowletts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Munfordville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Cave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Logsdon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Hammonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Bonnieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Keltner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keltner is located in Adair County
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- Pickett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickett is located in Adair County
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- Kemp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kemp is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portland is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Milltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Weed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weed is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Gradyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gradyville is located in Adair County
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- Nell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nell is located in Adair County
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- Coburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coburg is located in Adair County
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- Bliss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bliss is located in Adair County
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- Cane Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cane Valley is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Valley
- Flatwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwood is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Park is located in Barren County
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- Hiseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Coral Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Slick Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Cave City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kino
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kino is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Highland Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Eighty Eight
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eighty Eight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eighty Eight
- Park City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Haywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Dubre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dubre is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubre
- Marrowbone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Waterview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waterview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Union City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mammoth Cave
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stockholm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Rocky Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Wheelers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Liletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Exie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Gabe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Greensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Allendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allendale is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Roachville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Roachville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Upton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Seven Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Sonora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Nolin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Spurrier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Glendale Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glendale Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Junction
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Sherman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Hodgenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gleanings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gleanings is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
- White City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Tonieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
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- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Jessietown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jessietown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Raywick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Phillipsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Knob Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Edmonton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Cedar Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Summer Shade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beaumont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County
- Mount Hermon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Stiles
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stiles is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Howardstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Howardstown is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Bengal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bengal is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
- Mac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mac is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Wright's
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wright's is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's
- Maple
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Campbellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saloma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saloma is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma
- Elk Horn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Acton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Mannsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mannsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
- Warren County
- Smiths Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whickerville, see our County-by-County Page for Whickerville.
Cemeteries Near Whickerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whickerville.
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 Whickerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whickerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Simpson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mercer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McDonald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McCubbin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sydnor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Houk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kidd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hedgespeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (378 more) ...
- Bastin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandidge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Whickerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whickerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whickerville, with the one closest to Whickerville listed first.
- Monroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Monroe is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Pascal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pascal is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascal
- Three Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Crailhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crailhope is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crailhope
- Donansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donansburg is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donansburg
- Defries
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Defries is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defries
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seymour is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Savoyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Savoyard is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoyard
- Webbs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webbs is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs
- Liletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liletown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liletown
- Canmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
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- Uno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Uno is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Knob Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Exie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whickerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whickerville.
Newspapers Published in Whickerville ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whickerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whickerville, 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 Whickerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Whickerville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Barren County
- Cumberland County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Larue County
- Marion County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Nelson County
- Taylor County
- Warren 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> | 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 Whickerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Whickerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |