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 Blue Sky (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 Blue Sky. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Blue Sky is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Benton, Decatur, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Blue Sky. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Sky:
- Perry County (The home county of Blue Sky)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Lobelville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beardstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Coxburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Chaseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Wildlife Cove Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brevards Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Bruceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hollow Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sugar Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Jeannette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Parsons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Decaturville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Scotts Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Tennessee City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Hardin County
- Johnson Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Poplar Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Darden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Chesterfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Parkers Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Only
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Whitfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Hornertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Whitehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Salt Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Aetna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nunnelly
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Graham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Swan Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Graytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Grandmother Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Bakerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hurricane Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Plant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- New Johnsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Roost
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Bethpage
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Trinity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- McEwen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Kimmins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Voorhies
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Slickrock Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Sky, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Sky.
Cemeteries Near Blue Sky ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Sky.
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 Blue Sky - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Sky covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Nix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Raney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Daniel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Britts Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clayborne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- DePriest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bible Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (818 more) ...
- Strickland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Murray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Blue Sky in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Sky.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Sky, with the one closest to Blue Sky listed first.
- Beardstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lobelville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Toms Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toms Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sugar Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Pleasantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Only
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bakerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coxburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Jeannette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Perryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perryville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Sky. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Sky.
Newspapers Published in Blue Sky ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Sky.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Sky, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Sky.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Blue Sky:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Dickson County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Lewis County
- Wayne 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 Blue Sky, 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 from Point A (ie- Blue Sky) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |