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 Bakers (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 Bakers. 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 and doctors 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.
Bakers 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 Bakers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakers:
Davidson County (The home county of Bakers)
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Ridgetop (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Ridgetop is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
Ridgepost ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Ridgepost is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
Joelton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Madison (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Rayon City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Rayon City is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City Greenville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Greenville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Addie ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Addie is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
Maplewood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Old Hickory (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Morny (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny Lakewood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Lakewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Marvel ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Marvel is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Westeria ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Bearwallow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Pleasant View (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Marrowbone (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Sycamore (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Doziers ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Lillamay (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Ashland City (18 miles [29 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
Lockertsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
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
Henrietta (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Henrietta is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
Neptune (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Neptune is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Bellsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Oak Flat (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat White Bluff (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Oak Plains (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Port Royal (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Port Royal is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Woodford ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Woodford is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Fredonia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Sango (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Sango is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango Southside (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Hygeia Springs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
White House (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Crunk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Oakland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Jernigan Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Calistia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Springfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Coopertown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Cross Plains (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mulloy (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Mulloy is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy Flewellyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Morrow (25 miles [40.2 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Millersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Goodlettsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Shackle Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Hendersonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Driftwood Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Ocana (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Walnut Grove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Johnsons Crossroads (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Cottontown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town (14 miles [22.5 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 (14 miles [22.5 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 Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Wildwood Estates (23 miles [37 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Old Town ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Berrys Chapel Heights (28 miles [45.1 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
Forest Home (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Lynnwood Downs (28 miles [45.1 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
McEwen ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Clovercroft (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Mount Juliet (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Laguardo (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Lynn Christie (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Beckwith (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Belinda City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Leeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Rural Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill 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 Gladeville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Logan County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Adairville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Keysburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg Schochoh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Schochoh is located in Logan County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh Olmstead (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Olmstead is located in Logan County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead Ferguson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ferguson is located in Logan County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Simpson County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Prices Mill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Prices Mill is located in Simpson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill Black Jack (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Neosheo (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Neosheo is located in Simpson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Salmons (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Salmons is located in Simpson County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons Todd County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Allensville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Allensville is located in Todd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
Guthrie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hadensville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hadensville is located in Todd County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakers, see our County-by-County Page for Bakers .
Cemeteries Near Bakers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakers.
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 Bakers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Luton's Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luton's Cemetery The Luton's Cemetery has also been known as:
Luton's Chapel Cemetery Luton's UMC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14947 <2>
Coggins - Greer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Coggin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Lassiter Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Coleman - Raymon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Hampden Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Ivy Point Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lassiter Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Templeton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Springhill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Union Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hudgins Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (962 more) ...
Bruce Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Fulcher Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mays Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bakers had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakers, with the one closest to Bakers listed first.
Ridgetop (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Ridgetop is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
Union Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Union Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Lohman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Lohman is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohman Hygeia Springs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Goodlettsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
White Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
White Hill is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill Greenbrier (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Lickton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Lickton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickton Ridgepost ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Ridgepost is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
Joelton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Baggettsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Baggettsville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baggettsville Whites Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Madison (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
White House (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Crunk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakers .
Newspapers Published in Bakers ...
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 361 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bakers, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bakers.
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 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 Bakers:
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 Logan County Simpson County Todd County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bakers. 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 Bakers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Bakers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.