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 Benbar (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 Benbar. 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 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.
Benbar 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 Benbar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Benbar:
Davidson County (The home county of Benbar)
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Oak Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Whispering Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills Forest Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Forest Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Paragon Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Green Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Wrencoe (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wrencoe is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe Berry Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Belle Meade (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Antioch (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nashville - Davidson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Dog Town ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dog Town is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town Nashboro Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village Bedford County
Unionville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Pegram (15 miles [24.1 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
Doziers ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Marrowbone (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Kingston Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Lillamay (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Bearwallow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Westeria ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Bell Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Ashland City (22 miles [35.4 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
Sycamore (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Cheap Hill (28 miles [45.1 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
Lockertsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
White Bluff (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Bellsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Oak Flat (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Burns (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Abiff (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Tidwell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Hickman County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Primm Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs Bon Aqua Junction (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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
Marshall County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Holts Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Holts Corner is located in Marshall County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner Caney Spring (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Caney Spring is located in Marshall County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring Chapel Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
New Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Jameson (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Theta (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Carters Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Mowd ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Mowd is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd 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 New Hope (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Hygeia Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (26 miles [41.8 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
Coopertown (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
White House (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
La Vergne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Morrow (12 miles [19.3 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 (13 miles [20.9 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Murphree (17 miles [27.4 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Colonial Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Snell ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Leanna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Allisona (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Jamestown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Eagleville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Driftwood Park (17 miles [27.4 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hendersonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Shackle Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (26 miles [41.8 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(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Gallatin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Brentwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wildwood Estates (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Lynnwood Downs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Berrys Chapel Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
McEwen ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Clovercroft (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Nolensville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Franklin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Old Town ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Arrington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Parry (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Parry is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Rural Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Lynn Christie (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Belinda City (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Mount Juliet (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gladeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Beckwith (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Leeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Cainsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Cainsville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville Lebanon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Possum Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town Doaks Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
Doaks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Benbar, see our County-by-County Page for Benbar .
Cemeteries Near Benbar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Benbar.
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 Benbar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Benbar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Johnson Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Daniel Carmack Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Waller Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Crockett Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cemetery The Crockett Cemetery has also been known as:
Andrew Crockett Cemetery Owen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen Cemetery The Owen Cemetery has also been known as:
Jabez Owen Cemetery Holt Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Primm Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Green Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hamor Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Barnes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Brooks Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (1386 more) ...
Crockett - Gleaves Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Baker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Woodlawn Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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
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>
While we didn't find Benbar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Benbar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Benbar, with the one closest to Benbar listed first.
Oglesby (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Oglesby is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Callender ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Callender is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender Brentwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Carpenters ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Carpenters is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Wrencoe (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wrencoe is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe Paragon Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Beachville ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Beachville is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville Grassland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Antioch (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Wilkerson ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Wilkerson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Glencliff (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Glencliff is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff Clovercroft (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Continue List (13 more) ...
Nolensville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
West Nashville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Una (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Una is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Benbar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benbar .
Newspapers Published in Benbar ...
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 362 newspapers that have been published in the area around Benbar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Benbar, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Benbar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Benbar:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bedford County Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman County Marshall County Maury 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 Benbar. 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 Benbar, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benbar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.