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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 Fly (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 Fly. 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 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.

Fly is located in Maury 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 Maury County: Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall & Williamson.

Below are the counties that are near Fly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fly:

  • Maury County     (The home county of Fly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fly, with the one closest to Fly listed first.
    • New Flys Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • New Flys Village is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
    • Hill Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hill Town is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
    • Santa Fe
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Theta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • New Hope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • New Hope is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
    • Chartersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chartersville is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
    • Mowd ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mowd is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
    • Williamsport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jameson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Arkland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sawdust
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sawdust is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
    • Greenfield Bend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fly, with the one closest to Fly listed first.
    • Kingston Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Bell Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
    • Pegram
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Doziers ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Doziers is located in Cheatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
    • Lillamay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fly, with the one closest to Fly listed first.
    • Linton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellevue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
    • Forest Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
    • Belle Meade
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
    • Watkins ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Watkins is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
    • Green Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Hills is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
    • Oak Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
    • Wrencoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Whispering Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickson County
  • Giles County
  • Hickman County
  • Lawrence County
  • Lewis County
  • Marshall County
  • Rutherford County
  • Williamson County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fly, see our County-by-County Page for Fly.

Cemeteries Near Fly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fly.

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 Fly - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fly, with the one closest to Fly listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fly had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fly, with the one closest to Fly listed first.

  • Water Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Water Valley is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Whiteoak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Whiteoak is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
  • Santa Fe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jones Valley is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
  • Theta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lick Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lick Creek is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
  • Williamsport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mowd ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mowd is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
  • Boston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Duck River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Loco ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Loco is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
  • Little Rock Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Rock Mills is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Mills
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bluffpoint ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bluffpoint is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffpoint
    • Littlelot
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Kettle Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kettle Mills is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Mills

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fly.

Newspapers Published in Fly ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fly, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fly.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Fly:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Fly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.