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 Flowertown (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 Flowertown. 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 southeast 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 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.
Flowertown is located in Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Flowertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flowertown:
- Coffee County (The home county of Flowertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Homaway Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homaway Village is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Tullahoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southgate Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Southgate Park is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belmont is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oaks is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Busy Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Union is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Teal was located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Forest Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beechgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ruthledge Ford is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Raus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Cortner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill was located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Vannatta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Whitaker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Longview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bradyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town was located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Winchester Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garner Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Decherd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Greenhaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Cowan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Saint Marys
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Sewanee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Pelham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tracy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Lankford Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Gattistown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarks Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Corder Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Elk Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Howell Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Harms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Park City Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Belfast
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Talley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Oak Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Orrs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Chapel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Anes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Yell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Ridgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Plainview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Midland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- 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
- Rucker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Dillton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Readyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Morrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Viola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(28 miles [45.1 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 Flowertown, see our County-by-County Page for Flowertown.
Cemeteries Near Flowertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flowertown.
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 Flowertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flowertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lasater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Renegar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Forrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1561 more) ...
- Neel Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Daniel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Flowertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flowertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flowertown, with the one closest to Flowertown listed first.
- Tullahoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belmont is also located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Haley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Singleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Countyline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Awalt was located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Flat Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Lynchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flowertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flowertown.
Newspapers Published in Flowertown ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flowertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flowertown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flowertown.
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 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 Flowertown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren 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> | 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 Flowertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Flowertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |