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 Blanche (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 Blanche. 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 hospitals and 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.
Blanche 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 Blanche. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blanche:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Blanche)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Cash Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Camargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Pearl City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Harms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Park City Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Boonshill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Fayetteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford County
- Whitaker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Lexie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Huntland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Wheelerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Ardmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Frankewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Prospect
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Fall River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- New Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Delina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Talley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Belfast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Cochran
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Orrs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Globe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Confluence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Ardmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Pettusville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Center Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Elkmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Fairmount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Capshaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Country Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Elkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harvest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Key's Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Meridianville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Moore's Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Normal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blanche, see our County-by-County Page for Blanche.
Cemeteries Near Blanche ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blanche.
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 Blanche - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blanche covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Abernathy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Merrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sulser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ewing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gatlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1358 more) ...
- Cole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baggerly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blanche had a population of 156 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blanche, with the one closest to Blanche listed first.
- Cash Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Dellrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Millville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Caro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Camargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Bryson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bryson is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Elkton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Madison Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Harms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blanche. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blanche.
Newspapers Published in Blanche ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanche.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blanche, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blanche.
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 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 Blanche:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Blanche, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Blanche) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |