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 The 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 The 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.
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 and 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.
The Crossroads is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Jackson (AL), Dade (GA), Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton & Sequatchie.
Below are the counties that are near The Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Crossroads:
- Marion County (The home county of The Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Orme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Comfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Richard City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kimball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Vulcan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Whiteside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Greentown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Whitwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powells Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Ruthledge Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Stephenson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Winton Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tullahoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Saint Marys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Sand Switch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Decherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Estill Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Winchester Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Monteagle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lankford Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Tracy City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- White City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Sartain Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Pelham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coalmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gruetli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Palmer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beersheba Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Tiftonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tiftonia is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiftonia
- Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Lookout Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Village
- Signal Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Signal Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hills
- Signal Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Elmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Elmo is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Signal Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Signal Terrace is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Terrace
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,519 people
- Chattanooga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairmount is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,825 people
- Fountain Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fountain Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Village
- Midvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Midvale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Moore County
- Ridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Cartwright
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Cartersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Beaty Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Ider
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henagar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Browns Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Haynes Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossing is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossing
- Long Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rash is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Stevenson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bryant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Eliza
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Cole City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Stewart Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
- Wildwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rising Fawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Durham is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Lookout Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Thompsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Chattanooga Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chattanooga Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga Valley
- Rock City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Fantasy Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Flintstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moons is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Happy Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for The Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near The Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The 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 The Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Orme Mtn. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hoosier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crownover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gonce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gonce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wynne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (758 more) ...
- Garner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jumpoff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 The Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Sherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Comfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- South Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Kimball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sewanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Monteagle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kirby Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Stevenson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in The 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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 The Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Moore County
- Sequatchie County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Dade County
- Walker 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 The 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 from Point A (ie- The Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |