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 Akins Chapel (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 Akins Chapel. 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.
Name Variations for Akins Chapel ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Akins Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Akins Chapel may originally have been Akin's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Akins Chapel might be written as Akin Chapel.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Akins Chapel is located in Decatur County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Decatur County: Benton, Carroll, Hardin, Henderson, Perry & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Akins Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Akins Chapel:
- Decatur County (The home county of Akins Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Jeannette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sugar Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Parsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Decaturville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Scotts Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Chaseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Coxburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Wildlife Cove Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Brevards Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Big Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Clarksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Bruceton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntingdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- McLemoresville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Johnson Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Saltillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Swift
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Darden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Chesterfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Parkers Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Cedar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Sardis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Spring Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Manleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Only
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Whitehouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Hornertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Bakerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- New Johnsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Plant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Grandmother Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Hurricane Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Bethpage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Beardstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lobelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Linden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Akins Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Akins Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Akins Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Akins Chapel.
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 Akins Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Akins Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Bawcum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bawcum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jennings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (775 more) ...
- Cheney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wesson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Akins Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Akins Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Akins Chapel, with the one closest to Akins Chapel listed first.
- Jeannette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sugar Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- McIllwain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McIllwain is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIllwain
- Bible Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
- Chaseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Toms Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Holladay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Coxburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Morgan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morgan is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Maple Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Akins Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Akins Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Akins Chapel ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Akins Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Akins Chapel, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Akins Chapel.
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 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 Akins Chapel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Decatur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Akins Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Akins Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |