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 Epworth (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 Epworth. 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.
Epworth is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Marshall, Maury & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Epworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Epworth:
- Williamson County (The home county of Epworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Clovercroft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Peytonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Arrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Harpeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Parry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Lynnwood Downs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs
- Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
- Southall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Brentwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nolensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Pegram
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Kingston Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Bell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Lillamay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Marrowbone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Wrencoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Forest Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Oak Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Whispering Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Antioch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Green Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
- Paragon Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Rural Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Berry Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Berry Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Spencers Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- White Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abiff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Primm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Bon Aqua Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- Duck River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Littlelot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Holts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Caney Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Chapel Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Verona
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- South Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Globe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jameson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Carters Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Theta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Hill Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Leftwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Santa Fe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Allisona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Patterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Eagleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- La Vergne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Pike
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
- Morrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
- Smyrna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Leanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Sumner County
- Driftwood Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Rural Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Lynn Christie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Belinda City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Gladeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Juliet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Leeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Epworth, see our County-by-County Page for Epworth.
Cemeteries Near Epworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Epworth.
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 Epworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Epworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Gosey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Halfacre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Halfacre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nolen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ladd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ladd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Guthrie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Haleacre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Merritt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1642 more) ...
- Beal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Childress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Epworth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Epworth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Peytonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Clovercroft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Arrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harpeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Arno
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arno is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Harpeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpeth
- Bethesda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bethesda is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Triune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Triune is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triune
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carpenters is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Southall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Thompson's Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <1>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- College Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nolensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Epworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Epworth.
Newspapers Published in Epworth ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Epworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Epworth, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Epworth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Epworth:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Hickman County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Rutherford County
- Sumner County
- Wilson 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 Epworth, 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- Epworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |