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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Floyville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Floyville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Floyville, please Contact Us.
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 Floyville (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 Floyville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Floyville is historic, it would have been located within present day Henderson 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 Henderson County: Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin & Madison.
Below are the counties that are near Floyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Floyville:
- Henderson County (The home county of Floyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Union Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Parkers Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Fern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Poplar Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Chesterfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Middle Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Reagan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Chaseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Sandy Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Coxburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Wildlife Cove Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Clarksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Anark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Lavinia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Huntingdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McLemoresville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Buena Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Trezevant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Bruceton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Jacks Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Lips
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Enville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Crockett County
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Jeannette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Parsons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Mount Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Goat City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Graball
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Sitka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Ledbetter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Union Central
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Humboldt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Hustburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- New Johnsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Claybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Spring Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Oakfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Three Way
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windy City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Pinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Parkburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Perry County
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Pillowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Gleason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tumbling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Floyville, see our County-by-County Page for Floyville.
Cemeteries Near Floyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floyville.
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 Floyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Floyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Coffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pearson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Flake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Douglass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (615 more) ...
- Kizer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Floyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Floyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Floyville, with the one closest to Floyville listed first.
- Spain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spain is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Bargerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bargerton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargerton
- Clarksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Juno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Juno is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Law
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Law is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
- Leach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alberton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alberton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Claybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Hinson Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hinson Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Springs
- Morgan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Floyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Floyville.
Newspapers Published in Floyville ...
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 Floyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floyville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Floyville.
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 Floyville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Henry County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Weakley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Floyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Floyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |