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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bobs Cross Roads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bobs Cross Roads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bobs Cross Roads, please Contact Us.
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 Bobs Cross Roads (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 Bobs Cross Roads. 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.
Name Variations for Bobs Cross Roads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Bobs Cross Roads: Bobs Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Bobs Cross Roads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Bobs Cross Roads may originally have been Bob's Cross Roads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bobs Cross Roads might be written as Bob Cross Roads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bobs Cross Roads is historic, it would have been located within present day Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Bobs Cross Roads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bobs Cross Roads:
- Coffee County (The home county of Bobs Cross Roads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Belmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Southgate Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Homaway Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Busy Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Forest Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- New Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Stephenson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Ruthledge Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Raus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Haley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Vannatta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Longview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Bradyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Estill Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garner Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Cowan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sewanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Sand Switch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Lexie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Pelham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Altamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tracy City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Lankford Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Beersheba Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Gruetli
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Gattistown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Belleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Corder Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Flintville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Clarks Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Elk Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Plainview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Burns Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Rucker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Dillton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Readyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Morrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- McMinnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Shellsford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bobs Cross Roads, see our County-by-County Page for Bobs Cross Roads.
Cemeteries Near Bobs Cross Roads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bobs Cross Roads.
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 Bobs Cross Roads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bobs Cross Roads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Rose Hill Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Price Essmann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camp Forrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huffar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lusk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harmen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neel Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1333 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Bobs Cross Roads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bobs Cross Roads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bobs Cross Roads, with the one closest to Bobs Cross Roads listed first.
- Belmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tullahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Estill Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Normandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Cortner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Teal ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Haley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Noah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bobs Cross Roads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bobs Cross Roads.
Newspapers Published in Bobs Cross Roads ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bobs Cross Roads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bobs Cross Roads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bobs Cross Roads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Bobs Cross Roads:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Bobs Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bobs Cross Roads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |