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 Antioch (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 Antioch. 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 doctors 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.
Antioch 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 Antioch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antioch:
- Tipton County (The home county of Antioch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Gift
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Bride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Gailor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Mason
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Garland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Gainesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burlison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Johnsons Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Bells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alamo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Maury Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Fruitvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Unionville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Bruceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Richwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Tigrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Braden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gallaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Hickory Withe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Fayette Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Macon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Canadaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Williston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Vildo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Whiteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ko Ko
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Dancyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Allens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Willow Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Owl City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Eurekaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Henning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Durhamville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Ripley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Luckett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Arp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Flippin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Ashport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Gates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Daniels Point Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Rosemark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bartlett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Luxora
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Barfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Osceola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Driver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Armorel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Burdette
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Marie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antioch, see our County-by-County Page for Antioch.
Cemeteries Near Antioch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antioch.
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 Antioch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antioch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Marrows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Estes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharps Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turnpike Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Durham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elam Durhamville Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden of Everlasting Life
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Towson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- R.H. Munford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tipton Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Antioch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antioch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Orysa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orysa is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orysa
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Rialto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rialto is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Henning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Durhamville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Keeling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Bride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Mason
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ripley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antioch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antioch.
Newspapers Published in Antioch ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antioch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antioch, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antioch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Antioch:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Madison County
- Shelby County
- Mississippi County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Antioch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Antioch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |