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 Cromwell Crossroads (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 Cromwell Crossroads. 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 Cromwell Crossroads ...
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 Cromwell Crossroads: Cromwell Xrds.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Cromwell Crossroads is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Lauderdale (AL), Decatur, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Cromwell Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cromwell Crossroads:
- Wayne County (The home county of Cromwell Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Collinwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Lutts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cypress Inn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Corning ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Waynesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Dunbar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Lowryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Bruton Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Johnson Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Centerview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Swift
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Belle Meade
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Iron City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Westpoint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Saint Joseph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Loretto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Busby
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Rascal Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Liberty Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Leoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Park Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Lawrenceburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Henryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Lewis County
- Voorhies
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Perry County
- Flatwoods
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Wilson Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Sheffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Davidsons Cross Roads is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Cross Roads
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Threet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Pruitton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Zip City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Jacksonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- McGee Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Arnot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Green Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mars Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Saint Florian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Short
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cromwell Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Cromwell Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Cromwell Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cromwell Crossroads.
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 Cromwell Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cromwell Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Cromwell Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Beavers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Love Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haley - Ward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cromwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Masonic Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Horton Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hesse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Copeland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (820 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Dodd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Cromwell Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cromwell Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cromwell Crossroads, with the one closest to Cromwell Crossroads listed first.
- Victory ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Victory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Lutts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cypress Inn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Martins Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Gillises Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gillises Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillises Mills
- Stout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Light ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Light is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Moon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Waynesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cromwell Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cromwell Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Cromwell Crossroads ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cromwell Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cromwell Crossroads, 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 Cromwell Crossroads.
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 Cromwell Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Perry County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Tishomingo 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 Cromwell Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cromwell Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |