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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 Corner (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 Corner. 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 Corner ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Akins Corner: Akins Cor. (or less commonly used: Akins Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Akins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Akins Corner may originally have been Akin's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Akins Corner might be written as Akin Corner.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Akins Corner is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Akins Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Akins Corner:
- Tipton County (The home county of Akins Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Brighton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Munford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atoka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gilt Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Detroit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Braden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Canadaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Feathers Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Elba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Somerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Fredonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nutbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Toulon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Dancyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Ko Ko
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ashport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Durhamville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Arp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flippin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Rosemark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Millington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Giles Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Ramsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Cordova
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Clarkedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Mound City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- James Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Gilmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Sunset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Driver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Osceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <2>
- Marie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Luxora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Bassett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Joiner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Keiser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Bardstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Frenchmans Bayou
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Burdette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Victoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Akins Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Akins Corner.
Cemeteries Near Akins Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Akins Corner.
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 Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Akins Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crigger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ravenscroft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clopton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dickens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Akins Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Akins Corner, with the one closest to Akins Corner listed first.
- Brighton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Munford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atoka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tipton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gilt Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Barretville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barretville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretville
- Detroit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Drummonds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kerrville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Rosemark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Akins Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Akins Corner.
Newspapers Published in Akins Corner ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Akins Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Akins Corner, 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 Corner.
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 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 Corner:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi 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 Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Akins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |