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 Farmers Union Landing (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 Farmers Union Landing. 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 Farmers Union Landing ...
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 Farmers Union Landing: Farmers Union Lndg. (or less commonly used: Farmers Union Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Farmers Union Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Farmers Union Landing may originally have been Farmer's Union Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Farmers Union Landing might be written as Farmer Union Landing.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Farmers Union Landing is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Farmers Union Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmers Union Landing:
- Hardin County (The home county of Farmers Union Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Saltillo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Swift
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Centerview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Johnson Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- New Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belle Meade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Crump
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Nixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Milledgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Jacks Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mifflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Masseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Dunbar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Decaturville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Parsons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Jeannette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Sardis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Chesterfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Middle Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Poplar Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- White Fern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Union Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Pinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leapwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Stantonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Purdy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Tulu
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Finger
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Michie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Selmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Falcon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Eastview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Rose Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Flatwoods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Linden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Clifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Lutts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Collinwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Ashland Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- Short
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmers Union Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Farmers Union Landing.
Cemeteries Near Farmers Union Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmers Union Landing.
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 Farmers Union Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmers Union Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saltillo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Russell Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Russell Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Whitelawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tarbet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cawthon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (814 more) ...
- Polk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Farmers Union Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farmers Union Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmers Union Landing, with the one closest to Farmers Union Landing listed first.
- Saltillo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Point Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Swift
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Cerro Gordo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Thurman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thurman is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Dunbar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Sardis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morris Chapel is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Chapel
- Bath Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Economy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Economy is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Milledgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Scotts Hill
(10 miles [16.1 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 Farmers Union Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmers Union Landing.
Newspapers Published in Farmers Union Landing ...
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 Farmers Union Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmers Union Landing, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmers Union Landing.
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 Farmers Union Landing:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McNairy County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Lauderdale County
- Tishomingo 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> | 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- Farmers Union Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Farmers Union Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |