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 Chalklevel (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 Chalklevel. 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.
Chalklevel is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Decatur, Henry, Houston, Humphreys & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Chalklevel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chalklevel:
- Benton County (The home county of Chalklevel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Wildlife Cove Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Sandy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Chaseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Brevards Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Big Sandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Faxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Bruceton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hollow Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Huntingdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Hico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- McKenzie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Wingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Jeannette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Parsons
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Decaturville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Poplar Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Parkers Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Chesterfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Union Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Manleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Spring Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Springville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- India
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Only
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Whitfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Salt Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Tennessee Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Erin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Hustburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- New Johnsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hurricane Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Roost
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Trinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Halls Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Grandmother Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Bethpage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- McEwen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Lobelville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beardstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chalklevel, see our County-by-County Page for Chalklevel.
Cemeteries Near Chalklevel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chalklevel.
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 Chalklevel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chalklevel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Hardin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wyly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lupper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley Cemetery
- The Hatley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Edward Hatley Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (942 more) ...
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lashlee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Chalklevel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chalklevel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chalklevel, with the one closest to Chalklevel listed first.
- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hustburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Coxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Eva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lipe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Chaseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- McIllwain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McIllwain is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIllwain
- Plant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Johnsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Holladay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Bakerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dollar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dollar is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Maple Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Hollow Rock
(12 miles [19.3 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 Chalklevel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chalklevel.
Newspapers Published in Chalklevel ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chalklevel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chalklevel, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chalklevel.
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 helpful 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 Chalklevel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Perry 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 Chalklevel, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chalklevel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |