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 Ebenezer (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 Ebenezer. 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.
Ebenezer is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Ebenezer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ebenezer:
- Tipton County (The home county of Ebenezer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Gainesville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clopton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gailor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Brighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Braden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Feathers Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Canadaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Macon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Somerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- New Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Williston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Fayette Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Whiteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vildo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Newcastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dancyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Ko Ko
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Eurekaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Nutbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Brownsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hillville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Toulon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Willow Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Allens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Durhamville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Luckett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Flippin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Rosemark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bartlett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Cuba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Giles Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Bailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Driver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Osceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Luxora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Marie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Bassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Joiner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ebenezer, see our County-by-County Page for Ebenezer.
Cemeteries Near Ebenezer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebenezer.
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 Ebenezer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ebenezer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Summit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clopton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galilee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (443 more) ...
- Beaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rosser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gallaway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Ebenezer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ebenezer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
- Gainesville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Braden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gallaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Brighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barretville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Barretville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretville
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Rosemark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lambert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ebenezer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ebenezer.
Newspapers Published in Ebenezer ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebenezer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebenezer, 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 Ebenezer.
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 Ebenezer:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Mississippi 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 Ebenezer, 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- Ebenezer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |