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 Avondale (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 Avondale. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Avondale is located in Davidson 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 Davidson County : Cheatham , Robertson , Rutherford , Sumner , Williamson & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Avondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Avondale:
Davidson County (The home county of Avondale)
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
East Nashville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Nashville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Maplewood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Nashville - Davidson (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Madison (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Berry Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Marvel ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Marvel is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
Dog Town ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Dog Town is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town Donelson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Donelson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson Mudtavern (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Mudtavern is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern Rayon City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Rayon City is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City Green Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Belle Meade (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Westeria ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Bearwallow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Marrowbone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Lillamay (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Pegram (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Ashland City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Sycamore (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Pleasant View (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Kingston Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lockertsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Bell Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Cheap Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Bellsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Bluff (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Spencers Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Oak Plains (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Fredonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Woodford ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodford is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Hygeia Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Crunk (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Coopertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
White House (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Oakland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Calistia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Jernigan Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Flewellyn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Cross Plains (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mulloy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Mulloy is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Morrow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
La Vergne (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Murphree (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Smyrna (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Jamestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Patterson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Snell ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Walter Hill Estates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
Walterhill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Walterhill is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Driftwood Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Goodlettsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Shackle Island (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Cottontown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Gallatin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Hall Town (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
New Deal (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
New Deal is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Wildwood Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Brentwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Lynnwood Downs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Forest Home (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Old Town ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town McEwen ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Nolensville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Clovercroft (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Arrington (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Parry (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Parry is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
Southall (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Southall is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Lynn Christie (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Mount Juliet (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rural Hill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Belinda City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Laguardo (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Gladeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Leeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Possum Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town Lebanon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Doaks Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
Doaks Greenwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Greenwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Avondale, see our County-by-County Page for Avondale .
Cemeteries Near Avondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avondale.
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 Avondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Avondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
St. Cecilia Convent Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Potters Field (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Temple Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery The Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
Temple Ohabai Sholom Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19274 <2>
Cedar Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
Cedar Grove MB Cemetery Bordeaux Gardens Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Nashville City Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Spring Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Nashville National Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Benevolent Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Ararat Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Greenwood Cemetery West (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Calvary Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Nashville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10082 <2>
Continue List (1266 more) ...
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Greenwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hills of Calvary Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Avondale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Avondale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Avondale, with the one closest to Avondale listed first.
Nashville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
East Nashville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Maplewood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood West Nashville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Jordonia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jordonia is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordonia Madison (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Whites Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lickton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Lickton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickton Glencliff (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Glencliff is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff Donelson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Donelson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson Union Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Union Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Paragon Mills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Continue List (13 more) ...
Hermitage (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Old Hickory (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Morny (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Avondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avondale .
Newspapers Published in Avondale ...
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 369 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avondale, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Avondale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Avondale:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Montgomery County Robertson County Rutherford County Sumner County Williamson County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Avondale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Avondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.