The Caudill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,822 people carried this name — #1,913 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 18,336 in 2000.

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In print

Caudill in American newspapers,
1896–1907.

Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Caudill
San Antonio Daily Light 1896-07-20
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Caudill
The Washington Herald 1907-08-21
Newspaper page from Twice-a-week Plain Dealer carrying the name Caudill
Twice-a-week Plain Dealer 1896-08-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,394 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Caudill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harry M. Caudill
    Harry M. Caudill 1922–1990 · writer
  • Rebecca Caudill 1899–1985 · writer
  • Lucille Caudill Little 1909–2002 · philanthropist
  • William Wayne Caudill 1914–1983 · architect
  • William Abel Caudill 1920–1972 · anthropologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Caudill,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States729 records

729 records of the Caudill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 551
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 158
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James B. Caudill

    Born 1909 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1941 at Pikeville; printing from Pike County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roger Dale Caudill

    Born 1947; from Whitesburg, Kentucky. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Sharon L. Caudill

    Born 1950, died 1997; buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 729 records for Caudill in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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