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 Berry (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 Berry. 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.
Berry is located in Dickson 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 Dickson County: Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Berry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berry:
- Dickson County (The home county of Berry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Charlotte
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vanleer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Dickson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White Oak Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Stayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Dunn Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Slayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Burns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Bell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Neptune
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Kingston Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cheap Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Henrietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Lockertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Ashland City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Lillamay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Pegram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Marrowbone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Sycamore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Bearwallow
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Linton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Morny
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morny is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Belle Meade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Joelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Addie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Addie is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Bon Aqua Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wrigley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Salt Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Graham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Whitehouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Nunnelly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Primm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Graytown
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Only
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- McEwen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bethpage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Pigeon Roost
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Hurricane Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Fly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- McAllisters Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Louise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Southside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liverworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Oakridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Dotsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Oak Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Wingate West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Louise Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Stroudville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Coopertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Sandy Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Cumberland City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loriland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fernvale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Forest Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Leipers Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berrys Chapel Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berry, see our County-by-County Page for Berry.
Cemeteries Near Berry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berry.
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 Berry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Fraudenthal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baggett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adcock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leech Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (863 more) ...
- Nesbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vanleer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Story Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Berry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Berry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berry, with the one closest to Berry listed first.
- Charlotte
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sylvia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Vanleer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dull is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
- Cumberland Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Woods Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Edgewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Tennessee City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Burns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Omega ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Tidwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berry.
Newspapers Published in Berry ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Berry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berry, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Berry:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dickson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Maury County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Stewart 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 Berry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |