Welcome to Betsystown ...
So far, we found very little information about Betsystown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Betsystown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Betsystown, please Contact Us.
Betsystown would have been located within present day Dickson County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Betsystown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Betsystown is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Betsystown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Betsystown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Betsystown.
- Cheap Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Dickson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louise Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Pleasant View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Coopertown
(15 miles [24.1 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
- White Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kingston Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Betsystown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Betsystown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Betsystown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Betsystown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Betsystown. See our Newspapers Page for Betsystown.
Adding Betsystown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Betsystown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Betsystown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Betsystown post office opened in 1891. The Betsystown post office closed in 1909.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Betsystown.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Betsystown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Betsystown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |