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 Bottle Hollow (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 Bottle Hollow. 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 Bottle Hollow ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bottle Hollow: Bottle Holw. (or less commonly used: Bottle Hlw. or Bottle Hllw.)
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 northwest 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 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.
Bottle Hollow is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Coffee, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Bottle Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bottle Hollow:
- Bedford County (The home county of Bottle Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Raus
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Cortner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bell Buckle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Vannatta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Whitaker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bradyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Homaway Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Tullahoma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Busy Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Royal Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beechgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Forest Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Gossburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Garner Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Winchester Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Estill Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Decherd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Beans Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cowan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Giles County
- Trigg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Grundy County
- Pelham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Booneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Gattistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Belleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Clarks Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Fayetteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Harms
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Flintville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Boonshill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Talley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Belfast
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Orrs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Chapel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Delina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Anes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Cochran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Yell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Caney Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Maury County
- Leftwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Countyline
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Plainview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rucker
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Burns Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Eagleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Murfreesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Readyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Allisona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Morrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trousdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 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 Bottle Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Bottle Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Bottle Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bottle Hollow.
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 Bottle Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bottle Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Elkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Young Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kimzey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Terry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hornaday - Proby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hornaday - Miles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Flat Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1748 more) ...
- Bryant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bomar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Powell 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bottle Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bottle Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bottle Hollow, with the one closest to Bottle Hollow listed first.
- Singleton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Flat Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Countyline
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Shelbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawthorne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wartrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Tullahoma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Booneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Chestnut Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bottle Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bottle Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Bottle Hollow ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bottle Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bottle Hollow, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bottle Hollow.
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 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 Bottle Hollow:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Jackson 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 Bottle Hollow, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bottle Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |