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 Carters Chapel (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 Carters Chapel. 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 Carters Chapel ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Carters Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Carters Chapel may originally have been Carter's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Carters Chapel might be written as Carter Chapel.
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 southwest 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 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.
Carters Chapel is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Carters Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carters Chapel:
- Carroll County (The home county of Carters Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- McLemoresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Whitthorne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Trezevant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lavinia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wingo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Anark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Huntingdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Sandy Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Chaseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wildlife Cove Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coxburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Chester County
- Mifflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Gadsden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Fruitvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Jeannette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Sugar Tree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Ledbetter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Sitka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Graball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Goat City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Union Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Medina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Parkers Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- White Fern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Poplar Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Chesterfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Middle Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Darden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Henry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- New Boston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Spring Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Claybrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Three Way
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Oakfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Lawrence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Windy City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Malesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Pillowville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Gleason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tumbling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ore Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sidonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Ralston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carters Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Carters Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Carters Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carters Chapel.
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 Carters Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carters Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- Carters Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Little Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Furgerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leach Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Independence Full Gospel Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Christian Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McLemoresville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howse Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (683 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Giles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Carters Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carters Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carters Chapel, with the one closest to Carters Chapel listed first.
- McLemoresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Leach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Whitthorne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Trezevant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Lavinia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Spain ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spain is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Huntingdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Law
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Law is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
- Clarksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carters Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carters Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Carters Chapel ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carters Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carters Chapel, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carters Chapel.
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 Carters Chapel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Weakley 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> | 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. |
| <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 Carters Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Carters Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |