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 Brownington (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 Brownington. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Brownington 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 Brownington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownington:
- Franklin County (The home county of Brownington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Garner Ford
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Winchester Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Lexie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Estill Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Decherd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Cowan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 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 Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Raus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- 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
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Vannatta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Cannon County
- Hollow Springs
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Southgate Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Ruthledge Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Forest Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- New Union
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lankford Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Tracy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Gattistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- 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
- Belleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Clarks Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Howell Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Fayetteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Comfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Orme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Talley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Belfast
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Yell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Ridgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(7 miles [11.3 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 Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Francisco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Estillfork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Hollytree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Skyline
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Hillsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownington, see our County-by-County Page for Brownington.
Cemeteries Near Brownington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownington.
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 Brownington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Browington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shasteen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Majors Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Majors Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marble Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marble Plains Baptist Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Winchester.
- The Marble Plains Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marble Plains Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15099 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Awalt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McKnight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cobble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hawkersmith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1388 more) ...
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kitchens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brownington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownington, with the one closest to Brownington listed first.
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Ridgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lexie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Estill Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tullahoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belvidere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Maxwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Decherd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Booneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Beans Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownington.
Newspapers Published in Brownington ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownington, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownington.
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 Brownington:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brownington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Brownington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |