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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 Bakerville (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 Bakerville. 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 and hospitals 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.

Bakerville is located in Humphreys 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 Humphreys County: Benton, Dickson, Henry, Hickman, Houston & Perry.

Below are the counties that are near Bakerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakerville:

  • Humphreys County     (The home county of Bakerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.
    • Hurricane Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hustburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Johnsonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandmother Ford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
    • Pigeon Roost
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
    • Trinity
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Trinity is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
      • Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
    • Bethpage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
    • Halls Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
    • McEwen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton County
  • Carroll County
  • Decatur County
  • Dickson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.
    • Tennessee City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
    • Water Valley ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Water Valley is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
    • Pond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pomona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Tidwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.
    • Poplar Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Farmville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Farmville is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Darden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Darden is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
    • Chesterfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkers Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Henry County
  • Hickman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.
    • Only
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitehouse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Salt Lick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
      • Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
    • Whitfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasantville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Graham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Nunnelly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hornertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hornertown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
    • Graytown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Graytown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
    • Aetna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Houston County
  • Lewis County
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.
    • Lobelville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Beardstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mousetail ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mousetail is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
    • Linden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakerville, see our County-by-County Page for Bakerville.

Cemeteries Near Bakerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakerville.

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 Bakerville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.

  • Bone Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Fowlkes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cude Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Ladd Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Vanhook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dreden Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pavatt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Arrington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (894 more) ...
    • O'Donniley Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fowler Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Neblett Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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 Bakerville had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakerville, with the one closest to Bakerville listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakerville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bakerville ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakerville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bakerville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bakerville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bakerville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Bakerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bakerville:

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 Bakerville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bakerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.