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 Ellis Mills (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 Ellis Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Ellis Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ellis Mills: Ellis Mls. (or less commonly used: Ellis Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Ellis Mills is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Benton, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Ellis Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellis Mills:
- Houston County (The home county of Ellis Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Faxon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Brevards Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Big Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Neptune
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Cheap Hill
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Bell Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Ashland City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Lillamay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Sycamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kingston Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Slayden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Woods Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Vanleer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Stayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Tennessee City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- White Oak Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Dickson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Bellsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bellsburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg
- Henry County
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Salt Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Bon Aqua Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Lyles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Wrigley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- McEwen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Halls Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Bethpage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Pigeon Roost
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- New Johnsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Oakridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dotsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Liverworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Southside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Woodlawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Wingate West
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Stroudville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Cumberland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Legate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snider
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Garrettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- LaFayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bennettstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Howel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Herndon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellis Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Ellis Mills.
Cemeteries Near Ellis Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellis Mills.
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 Ellis Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellis Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Lyle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ellis Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parchman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Schmittou Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aaron James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cooksey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (810 more) ...
- Allbright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Averitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lillys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ellis Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellis Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellis Mills, with the one closest to Ellis Mills listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Omega ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cumberland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Vanleer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woolworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sylvia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Cumberland Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McAllisters Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellis Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellis Mills.
Newspapers Published in Ellis Mills ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellis Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellis Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellis Mills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ellis Mills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Stewart County
- Christian 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 Ellis Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ellis Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |