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 Elkhead (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 Elkhead. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elkhead is located in Grundy 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 Grundy County: Coffee, Franklin, Marion, Sequatchie & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Elkhead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elkhead:
- Grundy County (The home county of Elkhead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Pelham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sartain Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Coalmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Altamont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monteagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tracy City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Lankford Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Gruetli - Laager
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- White City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Beersheba Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Palmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Raus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Wartrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Pailo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Brockdell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bluewing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Burgen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Stephenson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Ruthledge Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winton Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Forest Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Royal Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- New Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Southgate Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Busy Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Sand Switch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Saint Marys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Cowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Estill Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Anderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Greentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Whitwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Condra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powells Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Orme
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Kimball
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richard City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- New Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Cartwright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Dunlap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Center Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Chalybeate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Laurelburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shellsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Trousdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Gath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Long Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Bryant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elkhead, see our County-by-County Page for Elkhead.
Cemeteries Near Elkhead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elkhead.
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 Elkhead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elkhead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hamby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Big Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paynes Cove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goodman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sissom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Patton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ooley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Baptist Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (769 more) ...
- Pelham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Elkhead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elkhead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elkhead, with the one closest to Elkhead listed first.
- Pelham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Monteagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tracy City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Gruetli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Sewanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beersheba Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tarlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tarlton is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarlton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tatesville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatesville
- Steppsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Steppsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppsville
- Hanlan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hanlan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elkhead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elkhead.
Newspapers Published in Elkhead ...
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 Elkhead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elkhead, 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 Elkhead.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Elkhead:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Grundy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Bledsoe County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Jackson 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 Elkhead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elkhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |