Haywood Chapel
Ghost town · Daviess County, Kentucky

Haywood Chapel is a ghost town in Daviess County, Kentucky. It is one of 13 former communities in Daviess County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Haywood Chapel as a historical populated place on the Lewisport topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.9065° N, 86.9859° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Lewisport |
|---|---|
| Nearest living town | Grandview, IN |
| Distance to it | 2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2742922 |
| Coordinates | 37.90649, -86.98593 |
What's there now
Haywood Chapel is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grandview, IN (population 783), about 2 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Chestnut Groveghost town · Daviess County · 3.6 mi
- Cullenghost town · Marshall County · 4.6 mi
- Patesghost town · Daviess County · 6.1 mi
- Bethlehemghost town · Daviess County · 6.1 mi
- Tywhapity Bottomsghost town · Hancock County · 6.4 mi
- Mount Zionghost town · Daviess County · 7.7 mi
- Covent Gardensghost town · Daviess County · 10.1 mi
- Mattinglyghost town · Daviess County · 11.6 mi
- Saint Lawrenceghost town · Daviess County · 12.1 mi
- Sauerghost town · Daviess County · 16.2 mi
- Midwayghost town · Marshall County · 16.7 mi
- Scuffletownghost town · Hancock County · 16.8 mi
Questions
Where is Haywood Chapel?
Haywood Chapel is in Daviess County, Kentucky, at 37.9065, -86.9859.
How many ghost towns are in Daviess County?
Daviess County, Kentucky has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.