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 Cotton Lake (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 Cotton Lake. 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 Cotton Lake ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cotton Lake: Cotton Lk.
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 doctors 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.
Cotton Lake is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Cotton Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cotton Lake:
- Tipton County (The home county of Cotton Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Gift
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gailor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Mount Carmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gainesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Bride
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Burlison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Johnsons Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Chestnut Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Maury City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Bells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maury Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Fruitvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Bruceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Tigrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Braden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gallaway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Fayette Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Hickory Withe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Somerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Canadaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Macon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Williston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Vildo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Whiteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Toulon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Ko Ko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Dancyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Allens
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Willow Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Eurekaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Hillville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Durhamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glimp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Arp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Flippin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Fort Pillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Edith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Ashport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Daniels Point Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mercer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Rosemark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bartlett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Luxora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Osceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Barfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Driver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Armorel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Burdette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cotton Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Cotton Lake.
Cemeteries Near Cotton Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cotton Lake.
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 Cotton Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cotton Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Cotton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turnpike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marrows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Mercer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Estes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharps Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tipton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Durham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elam Durhamville Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tipton Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Cotton Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cotton Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cotton Lake, with the one closest to Cotton Lake listed first.
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Orysa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orysa is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orysa
- Durhamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Rialto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rialto is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Stanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Henning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Gainesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Glimp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bride
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cotton Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cotton Lake.
Newspapers Published in Cotton Lake ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cotton Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cotton Lake, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cotton Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Cotton Lake:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Madison County
- Shelby County
- Mississippi 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 Cotton Lake, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cotton Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |