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 Bates (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 Bates. 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.
Bates is located in Hickman 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 Hickman County: Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Bates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bates:
- Hickman County (The home county of Bates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Wrigley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Lyles
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Graytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Littlelot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Primm Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Salt Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Duck River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Bell Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Kingston Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Lillamay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Ashland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Linton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Abiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Tidwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Spencers Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Burns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dickson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Tennessee City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- White Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Oak Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Vanleer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Houston County
- Omega ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Bethpage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- McEwen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Hurricane Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Roost
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Bakerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Plant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Kimmins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Chartersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Fly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Greenfield Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Hill Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Arkland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
- Chapel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Theta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Montgomery County
- McAllisters Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Lobelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Loriland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fernvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Leipers Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Forest Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Southall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Berrys Chapel Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
- Parry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Thompson's Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bates, see our County-by-County Page for Bates.
Cemeteries Near Bates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bates.
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 Bates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- McCord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bartley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thornton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gossett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lyles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gossett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Booker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (1061 more) ...
- Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potts 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.<2>
While we didn't find Bates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bates, with the one closest to Bates listed first.
- Lyles
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rodemer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rodemer is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodemer
- Bon Aqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Abiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Pinewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinewood is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Nunnelly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Little Rock Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock Mills is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Mills
- Iron Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Hill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Goodrich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Tidwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Graytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Tottys Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Littlelot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bates.
Newspapers Published in Bates ...
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 Bates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bates, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bates.
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 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 Bates:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hickman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Montgomery County
- Perry 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> | 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 Bates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |