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 Forest Hill (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 Forest Hill. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Forest Hill is located in Humphreys 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 Humphreys County: Benton, Dickson, Henry, Hickman, Houston & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Forest Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hill:
- Humphreys County (The home county of Forest Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Pigeon Roost
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Halls Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- McEwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hurricane Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bethpage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Bakerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- New Johnsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Wildlife Cove Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Sandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coxburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Sandy Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Chaseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Bruceton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hollow Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Jeannette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Tennessee City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Vanleer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Charlotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Burns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tidwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Springville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Spring Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- India
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Whitehouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Only
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Graham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Whitfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Lyles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Bon Aqua Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Graytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Erin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- McKinnon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Oakridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Louise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Lobelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Cumberland City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Indian Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hill.
Cemeteries Near Forest Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hill.
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 Forest Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Richlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Richlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Waverly.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1182573 <3>
- Carnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wyly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McKelvy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fortner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Arnold Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hemby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scurlock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hemby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (970 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- O'Guinn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Forest Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gorman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- McEwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woolworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Clydeton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clydeton is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydeton
- Johnsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Plant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hurricane Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bakerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Eva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hustburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Tennessee Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stewart
(15 miles [24.1 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 Forest Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hill.
Newspapers Published in Forest Hill ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hill.
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 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 Forest Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Humphreys County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Montgomery County
- Perry County
- Stewart 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hill) 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 Forest Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |