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 Cunningham (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 Cunningham. 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.
Cunningham is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Christian (KY), Todd (KY), Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Robertson & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Cunningham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cunningham:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Cunningham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Louise
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Liverworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- McAllisters Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Southside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dotsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Swan Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Wingate West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Oak Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Henrietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Neptune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Cheap Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Lockertsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Ashland City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Bearwallow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Lillamay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Bell Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Marrowbone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Addie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Addie is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Morny
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morny is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Joelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Dunn Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Stayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Slayden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Vanleer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bellsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bellsburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg
- White Oak Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Charlotte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Dickson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Burns
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tennessee Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- McEwen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Bethpage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Stroudville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Sandy Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coopertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Flewellyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Cedar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crunk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crunk is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barren Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Cumberland City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Throckmorton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Legate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Bumpus Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garrettsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Howel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- LaFayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Herndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Pembroke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Church Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Logan County (KY)
- Keysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Todd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Guthrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hadensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Anderson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cunningham, see our County-by-County Page for Cunningham.
Cemeteries Near Cunningham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cunningham.
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 Cunningham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cunningham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harvey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Black Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martha's Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yarbrough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baggett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crockett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Batson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brame Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baggett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (740 more) ...
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Batson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Cunningham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cunningham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Louise
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orgains Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Orgains Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgains Crossroads
- Southside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hematite
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Shiloh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Woods Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grantville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Dotsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Neptune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cunningham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cunningham.
Newspapers Published in Cunningham ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cunningham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cunningham, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cunningham.
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 websites either 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 Cunningham:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Robertson County
- Stewart County
- Christian County
- Logan County
- Todd 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 Cunningham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cunningham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |