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 Woodbury (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 Woodbury. 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 and hospitals 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.
Woodbury is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Woodbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbury:
- Butler County (The home county of Woodbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Morgantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Jetson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Whittinghill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Mining City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Welch's Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Provo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Richelieu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Quality
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Roundhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Lindseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Bee Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sweeden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Rhoda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Rocky Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Mammoth Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Spring Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Millwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Tousey
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Yeaman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Black Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Short Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Peonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Duff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Leitchfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Hart County
- Dogcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Lost City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- South Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Skilesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Ennis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Beechmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Dunmor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Browder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beech Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Nonnell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Bevier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Cleaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Rosewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Cromwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Select
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Arnold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Horse Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Rosine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Echols
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- McHenry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Olaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Hartford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Simpson County
- Salmons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Richardsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Springhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Plum Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Rockfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Gotts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Woodburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Smiths Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alvaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbury, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbury.
Cemeteries Near Woodbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbury.
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 Woodbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Newton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Finney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill Haven Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nudger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Phelps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodbury had a population of 194 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Woodbury had a population of 88 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Morgantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mining City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Greencastle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Dexterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dexterville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- South Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Richardsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Logansport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Logansport is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Reedyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reedyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbury.
Newspapers Published in Woodbury ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbury, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodbury.
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 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 Woodbury:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Simpson 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 Woodbury, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |