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 Wysox (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 Wysox. 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 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.
Wysox is located in Ohio 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 Ohio County: Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, McLean & Muhlenberg.
Below are the counties that are near Wysox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wysox:
- Ohio County (The home county of Wysox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Echols
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- McHenry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Cromwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ceralvo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Select
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Centertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Hartford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rosine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beda is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Falls-of-Rough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Provo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Mining City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Dunbar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Aberdeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harreldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Quality
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Woodbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Welch's Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Christian County
- Bluff Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Browns Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Masonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Whitesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moseleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Roundhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Spring Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Yeaman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Caneyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Shrewsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Short Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- White Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jewel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Vandetta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vandetta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandetta
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Agnes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Wolf Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Deer Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Lewisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lost City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Justice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- South Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buel is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Calhoun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Former names for Calhoun:
- Calhoon
- Fort Vienna
- Vienna Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <1>
- Rumsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rumsey is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Skilesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ennis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Browder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nonnell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Beechmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bevier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Beech Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Belton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Cleaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cleaton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaton
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
- Former names for Central City:
- Moreheads Horse Mill
- Stroud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <1>
- South Carrollton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Carrollton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Clifty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Kirkmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Sharon Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Rockland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Richardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wysox, see our County-by-County Page for Wysox.
Cemeteries Near Wysox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wysox.
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 Wysox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wysox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Camfield Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camfield Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camfield Family Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Echols.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fulton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dennis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chinn Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Ennis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963088 <3>
- Rochester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shultztown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith - Yonts - Nourse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Browns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slaty Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Providence 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 Wysox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wysox.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wysox, with the one closest to Wysox listed first.
- Skilesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Prentiss
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prentiss is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Echols
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Mining City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Logansport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Logansport is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- McHenry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Drakesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cromwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Bevier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wysox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wysox.
Newspapers Published in Wysox ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wysox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wysox, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wysox.
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 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 Wysox:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Ohio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Christian County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Logan County
- McLean County
- Muhlenberg County
- Todd 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> | 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- Wysox) 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 Wysox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |