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 Wilhelmina (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 Wilhelmina. 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 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.
Wilhelmina is located in Todd 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 Todd County: Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Montgomery (TN) & Robertson (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Wilhelmina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilhelmina:
- Todd County (The home county of Wilhelmina)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Elkton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sharon Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Clifty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Anderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Trenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkmansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Hadensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Guthrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Harreldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Silver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Richelieu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Fearsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Hopkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crofton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Howel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Herndon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Garrettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Empire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- White Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Gordonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Cave Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Deer Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Russellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Agnes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Lost City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Wolf Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Rosewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Dunmor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Belton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Beech Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Beechmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Browder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Depoy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Depoy is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depoy
- Drakesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ennis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Prices Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Neosheo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Trigg County
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Cheatham County (TN)
- Henrietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Port Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Stryker Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Wingate West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Sango
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louise Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oak Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Adams
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
- Barren Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Cedar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Stroudville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Flewellyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Orlinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilhelmina, see our County-by-County Page for Wilhelmina.
Cemeteries Near Wilhelmina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilhelmina.
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 Wilhelmina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilhelmina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Elkton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Porter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Irvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tutt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Currence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (501 more) ...
- Goshen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery
- The Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mobley Cemetery
- Wilkins Cemetery
- Hermon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Wilhelmina in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilhelmina.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilhelmina, with the one closest to Wilhelmina listed first.
- Elkton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Claymour
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Claymour is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymour
- Bradshaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Daysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Daysville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Sharon Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Allegre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Gordonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Pinchem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinchem is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinchem
- Trenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Olmstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Clifty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilhelmina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilhelmina.
Newspapers Published in Wilhelmina ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilhelmina.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilhelmina, 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 Wilhelmina.
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 helpful 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 Wilhelmina:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Todd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Simpson County
- Trigg County
- Cheatham County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson 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 Wilhelmina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilhelmina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |