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 Falls Mill (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 Falls Mill. 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 Falls Mill ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Falls Mill: Falls Ml. (or less commonly used: Falls Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Falls Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Falls Mill may originally have been Fall's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Falls Mill might be written as Fall Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Falls Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falls Mill.
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 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.
Falls Mill is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Falls Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Falls Mill:
- Franklin County (The home county of Falls Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Beans Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lexie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Sal City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Estill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Raus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Southgate Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Ruthledge Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Hillsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Monteagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pelham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Flintville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Gattistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Corder Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Howell Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Clarks Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Booneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Elk Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Belleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Orme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Delina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Estillfork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Baileytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Hollytree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Skyline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Hazel Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Meridianville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Ryland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercury is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Chase
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Falls Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Falls Mill.
Cemeteries Near Falls Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falls Mill.
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 Falls Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Falls Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vanzandt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eskridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gonder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Beans Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Moseley - Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trigg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old stovall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1333 more) ...
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Falls Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Falls Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Falls Mill, with the one closest to Falls Mill listed first.
- Beans Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Maxwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Huntland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Elora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Smithland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Flintville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kelso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Plevna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plevna is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Falls Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Falls Mill.
Newspapers Published in Falls Mill ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falls Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Falls Mill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Falls Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Falls Mill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Falls Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Falls Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |