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 Bidwell (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 Bidwell. 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.
Bidwell is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Bidwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bidwell:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Bidwell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Hughey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Harms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Elk Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Booneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pearl City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Clarks Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Molino
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Camargo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Whitaker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Shelbyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Raus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cortner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vannatta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Cascade Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Homaway Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Southgate Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Garner Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Winchester Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Huntland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Estill Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Trigg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Frankewing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wheelerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Aymett Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Powell Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Dickson Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Ardmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Talley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Belfast
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Yell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Oak Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cornersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Cochran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Scribner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Culleoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Lynchburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Ardmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Caro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Pettusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Center Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Elkmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Elkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hazel Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Madison Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meridianville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bidwell, see our County-by-County Page for Bidwell.
Cemeteries Near Bidwell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bidwell.
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 Bidwell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bidwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Center Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McEwen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Collier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pigg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Unity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1777 more) ...
- Patton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong - Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Bidwell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bidwell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bidwell, with the one closest to Bidwell listed first.
- Blakeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Howell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Hughey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Talley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Chestnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Delina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Harms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Archer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Booneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Hawthorne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bidwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bidwell.
Newspapers Published in Bidwell ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bidwell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bidwell, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bidwell.
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 helpful 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 Bidwell:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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 Bidwell, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bidwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |