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 Broadview (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 Broadview. 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 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.
Broadview is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Broadview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Broadview:
- Franklin County (The home county of Broadview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Winchester Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Garner Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Estill Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Lexie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Decherd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Cowan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Huntland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sal City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Saint Marys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Raus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Southgate Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Ruthledge Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stephenson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Busy Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Forest Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- New Union
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Winton Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Pelham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monteagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Tracy City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Gattistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Flintville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Corder Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Booneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Howell Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Clarks Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Belleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Elk Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Orme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Comfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Richard City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Talley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Ridgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Warren County
- Viola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Francisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Estillfork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Hytop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Baileytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Skyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Hollytree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rash is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Hillsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Hazel Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Broadview, see our County-by-County Page for Broadview.
Cemeteries Near Broadview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Broadview.
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 Broadview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Broadview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Donaldson - Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scivally - Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fanning Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tarrant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miescher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (1274 more) ...
- Shasteen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pauper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Broadview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Broadview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Broadview, with the one closest to Broadview listed first.
- Belvidere
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Lexie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Maxwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Estill Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decherd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Ridgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Huntland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lynchburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tullahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Countyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Broadview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Broadview.
Newspapers Published in Broadview ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Broadview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Broadview, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Broadview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Broadview:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Warren County
- Jackson 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> | 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 Broadview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Broadview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |