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 Dickson Town (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 Dickson Town. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Dickson Town is located in Giles 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 Giles County: Limestone (AL), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall & Maury.
Below are the counties that are near Dickson Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dickson Town:
- Giles County (The home county of Dickson Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Elkton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Elkmont Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Wheelerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Ardmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Stella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Green Field
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Pulaski
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Appleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Leoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Ethridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webber City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Busby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Cash Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Pearl City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Camargo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Boonshill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Harms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Park City Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Fayetteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Delina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Talley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Cochran
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Belfast
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Maury County
- Culleoka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Confluence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Corum ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Rogersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Comer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Ardmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Caro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Elkmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Hay's Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Center Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Fairmount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Lester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Country Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Elkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Hazel Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Key's Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Meridianville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Moore's Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Normal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dickson Town, see our County-by-County Page for Dickson Town.
Cemeteries Near Dickson Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dickson Town.
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 Dickson Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dickson Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Elkton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Croney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maddox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elkton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elliot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ezell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Boswell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thornton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (1315 more) ...
- Eagin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Daly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corpier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Dickson Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dickson Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dickson Town, with the one closest to Dickson Town listed first.
- Elkton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Elkmont Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Bryson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bryson is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Cash Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Conway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Dellrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Bunker Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Veto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Veto is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Blanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aspen Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aspen Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Hill
- Lesters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lesters is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dickson Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickson Town.
Newspapers Published in Dickson Town ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickson Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dickson Town, 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 Dickson Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Dickson Town:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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 Dickson Town, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dickson Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |