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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ebaneezer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ebaneezer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ebaneezer, please Contact Us.
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 Ebaneezer (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 Ebaneezer. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ebaneezer is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilson 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 Wilson County: Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner & Trousdale.
Below are the counties that are near Ebaneezer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ebaneezer:
- Wilson County (The home county of Ebaneezer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Possum Town
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Possum Town is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
- Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laguardo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
- Leeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Beckwith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Belinda City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Gladeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Juliet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doaks Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Lynn Christie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Auburntown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Gassaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Hermitage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Old Hickory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marvel ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marvel is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
- Rayon City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rayon City is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City
- Priest Lake Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Donelson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Donelson is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson
- Nashboro Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Rural Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mudtavern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mudtavern is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern
- Maplewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Antioch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dowelltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Temperance Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Green Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Siloam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Meadorville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frog Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Gibbs Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs Crossroads is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Crossroads
- Mill Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Town is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- White House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calistia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Mulloy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Jernigan Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- Cross Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hygeia Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs
- Black Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Greenbrier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Murphree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
- Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
- Morrow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
- Walter Hill Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
- Jefferson Pike
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
- La Vergne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walterhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Leanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Compton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Fairfield Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Rock City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dixon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dixon Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Shaver Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Brush Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Monoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Monoville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville
- South Carthage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Bluff Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Carthage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Shade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Defeated
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Gordonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hickman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Difficult
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Castalian Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trousdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trousdale is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Gallatin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chipman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chipman is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
- Rogana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rogana is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogana
- Bethpage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ocana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ocana is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
- Station Camp ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Station Camp is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp
- Hendersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bransford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bransford is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
- South Tunnel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Tunnel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunnel
- Driftwood Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Bledsoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Trousdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Hartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johntown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Williamson County
- Nolensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Adolphus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Petroleum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Simpson County (KY)
- Black Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ebaneezer, see our County-by-County Page for Ebaneezer.
Cemeteries Near Ebaneezer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebaneezer.
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 Ebaneezer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ebaneezer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Ebeneezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conatser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Webb's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bettis - Mosley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eddins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilson County Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1048 more) ...
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [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.
While we didn't find Ebaneezer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ebaneezer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ebaneezer, with the one closest to Ebaneezer listed first.
- Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Odum ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odum is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odum
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Tuckers Gap ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckers Gap is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Gap
- Laguardo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
- Leeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Beckwith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Holloway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Castalian Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Trousdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trousdale is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Tuckers Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckers Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroads
- Bellwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ebaneezer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ebaneezer.
Newspapers Published in Ebaneezer ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebaneezer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebaneezer, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ebaneezer.
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 Ebaneezer:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cannon County
- Davidson County
- DeKalb County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Rutherford County
- Smith County
- Sumner County
- Trousdale County
- Williamson County
- Allen County
- Simpson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ebaneezer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Ebaneezer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |