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 Flat Creek (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 Flat Creek. 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 Flat Creek ...
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.
Another variation: Flatcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Flat Creek: Flat Crk. (or less commonly used: Flat Ck. or Flat Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flat Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Creek.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Flat Creek is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Coffee, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Flat Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Creek:
- Bedford County (The home county of Flat Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Raus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Shelbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cascade Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Cortner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Normandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Bell Buckle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palmetto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bradyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Homaway Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Tullahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Busy Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Royal Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Beechgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Gossburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Teal ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Forest Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Garner Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Winchester Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Lexie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Estill Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Decherd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Greenhaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Cowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Trigg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Frankewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Grundy County
- Pelham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Booneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Gattistown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Hughey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Corder Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Harms
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Flintville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Boonshill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Talley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Belfast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Oak Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Orrs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Delina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Anes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Chapel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Cochran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Cornersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Leftwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Countyline
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Plainview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rucker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burns Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Eagleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Allisona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Creek.
Cemeteries Near Flat Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Creek.
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 Flat Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Rosebank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Flat Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Floyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hastings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1757 more) ...
- Stacy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Flat Creek had a population of 70 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Creek, with the one closest to Flat Creek listed first.
- Singleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Hawthorne
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Countyline
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shelbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Chestnut Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Booneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Haley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Normandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Ridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Creek.
Newspapers Published in Flat Creek ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Creek, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Creek.
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 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 Flat Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford 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> | 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 Flat Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flat Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |