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 Bowman (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 Bowman. 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 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.
Bowman is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Bowman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowman:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Bowman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Woody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Crossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Woodlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Fairfield Glade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Center Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Crab Orchard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Winesap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Clarkrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grimsley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Cooper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Little Crab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Bucklick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Glades
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Annadel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lancing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Burrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Lovejoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Beaver Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Duncan's Chapel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan's Chapel is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan's Chapel
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Monterey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- White Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Algood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Park Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Park Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Southtown Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Bangham Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bangham Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangham Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 504 people
- Cookeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avoton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avoton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoton
- Burgess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Huntland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huntland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland
- Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Roddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Glen Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Lakemont Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Pioneer Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Emory Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Bazel Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Midtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Midtown Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Glenmary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- West Robbins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Sweetgum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Cummingsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Macedonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Doyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowman, see our County-by-County Page for Bowman.
Cemeteries Near Bowman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowman.
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 Bowman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Dickerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Braddock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tolletts Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (699 more) ...
- Green Acres Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winnie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 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 Bowman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowman, with the one closest to Bowman listed first.
- Woody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Crossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Genesis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Clarkrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Cliff Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff Springs is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Springs
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Lovejoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Roslin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Lantana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowman.
Newspapers Published in Bowman ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowman, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowman.
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 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 Bowman:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Van Buren County
- White 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 Bowman, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |