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 Catalpa (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 Catalpa. 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 doctors and 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.
Catalpa 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 Catalpa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catalpa:
- Marshall County (The home county of Catalpa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Talley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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
- Cornersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 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 Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(18 miles [29 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)
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Raus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- 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
- Longview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Haley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park
(29 miles [46.7 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 Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Garner Ford
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Trigg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Frankewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(14 miles [22.5 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)
- Olivet
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Bufords
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 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
- 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
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dellrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarks Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 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 Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Culleoka
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- 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
- Broadview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- 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
- Screamer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor
(27 miles [43.5 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
- 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
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Frierson Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Countyline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville
(23 miles [37 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 Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Eagleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allisona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- 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 Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa 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
- Elkmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa 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)
- 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
- Key's Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- 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 Catalpa, see our County-by-County Page for Catalpa.
Cemeteries Near Catalpa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catalpa.
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 Catalpa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catalpa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Finley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Murdock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Driver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Talley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lyons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bradford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cathey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1793 more) ...
- Meadows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Luna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wakefield 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 Catalpa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Catalpa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catalpa, with the one closest to Catalpa listed first.
- Archer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Delina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Blakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ostella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- 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
- 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
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Cornersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Diana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Catalpa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catalpa.
Newspapers Published in Catalpa ...
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 Catalpa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catalpa, 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 Catalpa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Catalpa:
- 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> | 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 Catalpa, 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 from Point A (ie- Catalpa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |