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 Bachelder (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 Bachelder. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Bachelder is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, Perry & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bachelder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bachelder:
- Lewis County (The home county of Bachelder)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Hohenwald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kimmins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Voorhies
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Abiff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Spencers Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Campbellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Weakley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bufords
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Lynnville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bodenham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Olivet
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Wales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Powell Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Pulaski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Duck River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Aetna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Swan Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Littlelot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Hornertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Graytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Primm Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Pleasantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Nunnelly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Whitfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Henryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Webber City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Ethridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Park Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Lawrenceburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Leoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fall River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Busby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Westpoint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Globe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- South Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Cornersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Cochran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Hampshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Frierson Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Ashwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Scotts Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Greenfield Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Arkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Armour Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Armour Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Flatwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lobelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Ashland Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Slickrock Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Waynesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Burwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Spring Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Thompson's Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <1>
- Duplex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Leipers Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bachelder, see our County-by-County Page for Bachelder.
Cemeteries Near Bachelder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bachelder.
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 Bachelder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bachelder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- McClain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ledbetter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kittrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vincent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peyton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dickson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Hill Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Mount Pleasant.
- The Beech Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Hill Church Cemetery
- Beech Hill Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9099 <3>
- Pisgah African American Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah African American Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pisgah African American Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Hampshire.
- The Pisgah African American Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pisgah View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2347652 <3>
- Continue List (1175 more) ...
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pisgah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Hampshire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17161 <3>
- Ridgetop - Mayfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Bachelder in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bachelder.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bachelder, with the one closest to Bachelder listed first.
- Hampshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Summertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crestview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crestview is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenters is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Frierson Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Canaan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Kettle Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kettle Mills is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ashwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Napier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Napier is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Henryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bachelder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bachelder.
Newspapers Published in Bachelder ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bachelder.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bachelder, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bachelder.
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 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 Bachelder:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dickson County
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Williamson 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bachelder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bachelder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |