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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 Browns Shop (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 Browns Shop. 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 Browns Shop ...
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.
While the name of this community is Browns Shop, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Browns Shop may originally have been Brown's Shop.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Shop might be written as Brown Shop.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Browns Shop is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury, Rutherford & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Browns Shop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns Shop:
- Marshall County (The home county of Browns Shop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Talley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Yell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Belfast
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Cochran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- New Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Cornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Whitaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Raus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vannatta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Willow Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Longview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Wartrace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Homaway Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Tullahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Garner Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Winchester Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Huntland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Trigg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Powell Chapel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Aymett Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Wheelerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Lynnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bufords
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Belleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Harms
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Pearl City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Booneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Elk Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Dellrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarks Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Scribner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Culleoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Southport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Screamer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Graymere Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Ashwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Allisona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- Duplex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Ardmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Caro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Pettusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Elkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hazel Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Madison Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns Shop, see our County-by-County Page for Browns Shop.
Cemeteries Near Browns Shop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns Shop.
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 Browns Shop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns Shop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Driver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Welch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Merrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wynn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Talley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Luna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Troop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Troop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Finley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Continue List (1802 more) ...
- Lyons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murdock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Browns Shop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns Shop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns Shop, with the one closest to Browns Shop listed first.
- Talley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Archer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Blakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Yell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Ostella
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Belfast
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Diana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Howell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Cochran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Cornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns Shop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns Shop.
Newspapers Published in Browns Shop ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Shop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns Shop, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns Shop.
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 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 Browns Shop:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Williamson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Browns Shop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Browns Shop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |