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 Caldwell (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 Caldwell. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Caldwell 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 Caldwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caldwell:
- Bedford County (The home county of Caldwell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Wartrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Shelbyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Bell Buckle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Normandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Raus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Cascade Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Vannatta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Longview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Beechgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Busy Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Tullahoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gossburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Southgate Park
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Teal ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- New Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Forest Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Naola ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Estill Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Garner Ford
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Lexie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Decherd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Giles County
- Trigg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Booneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Belleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Elk Mill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Clarks Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Boonshill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Harms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Corder Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Flintville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Pearl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Belfast
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Oak Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Chapel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Orrs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Holts Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Anes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Caney Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cochran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Leftwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Countyline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Midland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rucker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Burns Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Eagleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Murfreesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Allisona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Snell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Readyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Morrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Trousdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- College Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caldwell, see our County-by-County Page for Caldwell.
Cemeteries Near Caldwell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caldwell.
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 Caldwell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caldwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cannon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stokes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peter Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ault Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1845 more) ...
- Arnold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mullins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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 Caldwell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Caldwell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caldwell, with the one closest to Caldwell listed first.
- Wartrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Singleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Cortner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Bell Buckle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Normandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Fall Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fosterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fosterville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bedford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Hawthorne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawthorne is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caldwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caldwell.
Newspapers Published in Caldwell ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caldwell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caldwell, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caldwell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Caldwell:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Williamson 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 Caldwell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Caldwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |