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 Carroll (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 Carroll. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Carroll is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood & Henderson.
Below are the counties that are near Carroll. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carroll:
- Madison County (The home county of Carroll)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Oakfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Three Way
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Windy City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Claybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Huntersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Malesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Pinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Denmark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Lavinia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Whitthorne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Atwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- McLemoresville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Trezevant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Anark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Wingo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Huntingdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Mifflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Deanburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Henderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Jacks Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Silerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sweet Lips
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Masseyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Gadsden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Fruitvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Bells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Crockett Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Maury Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Elizabeth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Chestnut Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Tigrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Tatumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Medina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goat City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Sitka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Graball
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ledbetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Union Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Whitway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Trenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Teague
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Toone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Toone is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Vildo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Shandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Wellwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Owl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Willow Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Allens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Hillville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eurekaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Ko Ko
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- White Fern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Huron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Union Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Middle Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parkers Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Reagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McNairy County
- Finger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weakley County
- Greenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carroll, see our County-by-County Page for Carroll.
Cemeteries Near Carroll ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carroll.
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 Carroll - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carroll covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rushing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Davidson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mariah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Loach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Matthews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Bascom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Carroll had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carroll, with the one closest to Carroll listed first.
- Oakfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Medina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Claybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Gadsden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Malesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Law
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Law is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
- Lavinia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Beech Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Fern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Fruitland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitland is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carroll. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carroll.
Newspapers Published in Carroll ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carroll.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carroll, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carroll.
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 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 Carroll:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- McNairy County
- Weakley 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> | 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 Carroll, 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- Carroll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |