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 Belle Meade (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 Belle Meade. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Belle Meade 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 Belle Meade. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belle Meade:
Davidson County (The home county of Belle Meade)
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Green Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Forest Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
Oak Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Berry Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Bellevue (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Nashville - Davidson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Whispering Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills Dog Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Dog Town is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town East Nashville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Pegram (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Lillamay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Marrowbone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Kingston Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bearwallow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Westeria ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Ashland City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Bell Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Sycamore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lockertsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Pleasant View (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Cheap Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
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 Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
White Bluff (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bellsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg Spencers Mill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill White Oak Flat (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Burns (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Abiff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Charlotte (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Tidwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Stayton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Stayton is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton Pomona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Pomona is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Dickson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Hickman County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Bon Aqua Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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
Lyles (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs Wrigley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Wrigley is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
Marshall County
Holts Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Holts Corner is located in Marshall County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
New Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Theta (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Jameson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Carters Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Carters Creek is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek Fly (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Fly is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Hill Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hill Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town New Flys Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
New Flys Village is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village Mowd ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Mowd is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd New Hope (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
Santa Fe (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Oak Plains (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Southside (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Hygeia Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Coopertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Crunk (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Greenbrier (22 miles [35.4 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
Sandy Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Flewellyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Oakland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
White House (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Stroudville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stroudville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville Calistia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Jernigan Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
La Vergne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Morrow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
Jefferson Pike (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Smyrna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Murphree (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Patterson (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Colonial Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Snell ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Allisona (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona 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 Eagleville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Walter Hill Estates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Driftwood Park (16 miles [25.7 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Shackle Island (22 miles [35.4 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 (25 miles [40.2 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(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Walnut Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cottontown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Gallatin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Wildwood Estates (3 miles [4.8 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
Berrys Chapel Heights (8 miles [12.9 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 (8 miles [12.9 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
Brentwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Old Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Forest Home (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home McEwen ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Franklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Clovercroft (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Southall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Southall is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall Nolensville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Parry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Parry is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
Fernvale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Lynn Christie (18 miles [29 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
Rural Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Mount Juliet (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Belinda City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Gladeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Leeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Possum Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belle Meade, see our County-by-County Page for Belle Meade .
Cemeteries Near Belle Meade ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belle Meade.
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 Belle Meade - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belle Meade covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Johnson Chapel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Gower Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Woodlawn Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Memorial Park The Woodlawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Roesch Patton Memorial Park Nashville City Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bordeaux Gardens Park (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Greenwood Cemetery West (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Ararat Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
St. Cecilia Convent Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Temple Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 <3>
Potters Field (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
Cedar Grove MB Cemetery Pasquo Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (1330 more) ...
Wray Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Waller Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Whitsett Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Belle Meade in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belle Meade.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belle Meade, with the one closest to Belle Meade listed first.
Beachville ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Beachville is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville West Nashville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Watkins ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Grassland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Callender ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Callender is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender Oglesby (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Oglesby is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Paragon Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Glencliff (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Glencliff is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff Jordonia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Jordonia is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordonia Brentwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Linton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Linton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Continue List (21 more) ...
Forest Home (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Carpenters ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Carpenters is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Wilkerson ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Wilkerson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belle Meade. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belle Meade .
Newspapers Published in Belle Meade ...
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 363 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belle Meade.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belle Meade, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Belle Meade.
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 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 Belle Meade:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman County Marshall County Maury 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 Belle Meade. 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. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Belle Meade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Belle Meade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.