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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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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.

Friendship is primarily located in Crockett County. A portion of Friendship extends into Dyer County.

To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crockett County: Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale & Madison.

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

  • Crockett County     (The home county of Friendship)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Maury Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maury Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
      • Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
    • Elizabeth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
      • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
    • Crockett Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Bluff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maury City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maury City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
      • Maury City is located in Crockett County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
    • Johnsons Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Alamo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fruitvale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gadsden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gadsden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
      • Gadsden is located in Crockett County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
  • Dyer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Tigrett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bruceville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruceville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
      • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
    • Bishop
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fowlkes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tatumville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dyersburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Unionville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Middle City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
      • Middle City is located in Dyer County
    • Churchton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
      • Churchton is located in Dyer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
    • Newbern
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Finley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
      • Finley is located in Dyer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
    • Meacham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Richwoods
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Brazil
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Yorkville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorkville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
      • Yorkville is located in Gibson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Trenton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Trenton is located in Gibson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
    • Dyer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tilghman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Humboldt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
      • Humboldt is located in Gibson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humboldt <2>
    • Rutherford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutherford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
      • Rutherford is located in Gibson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutherford <2>
    • Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Medina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
      • Medina is located in Gibson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <2>
    • Union Central
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
      • Union Central is located in Gibson County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
    • Four Points
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Haywood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Owl City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owl City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
      • Owl City is located in Haywood County
    • Woodville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Haywood County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woodville
      • From Friendship to Woodville
    • Toulon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
      • Toulon is located in Haywood County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Toulon
      • From Friendship to Toulon
    • Bradford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Haywood County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
    • Allens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Allens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
      • Allens is located in Haywood County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Allens
      • From Friendship to Allens
    • Brownsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Wellwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wellwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
      • Wellwood is located in Haywood County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wellwood
      • From Friendship to Wellwood
    • Willow Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Woodland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ko Ko
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lake County
    • Ridgely
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
      • Ridgely is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgely <2>
  • Lauderdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Halls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Gates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Flippin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flippin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
      • Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Flippin
      • From Friendship to Flippin
    • Edith
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edith. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Edith is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edith
      • From Friendship to Edith
    • Ripley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Durhamville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arp
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Henning
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Glimp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glimp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
      • Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
    • Luckett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison County
  • Obion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Obion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Obion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
      • Obion is located in Obion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
    • Kenton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hornbeak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornbeak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbeak
      • Hornbeak is located in Obion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hornbeak <2>
    • Troy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Troy is located in Obion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • Tipton County
    • Gift
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gift have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
      • Gift is located in Tipton County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
  • Weakley County
  • Mississippi County (AR)
    • Barfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
      • Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barfield
      • From Friendship to Barfield
  • Pemiscot County (MO)

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

Cemeteries Near Friendship ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Belle Vernon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Vernon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hardin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Nash Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nash Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bridget Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridget Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridget Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cock and Irvin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Miller Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (360 more) ...
    • Stallcup Family Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Young Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Brooks Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Friendship had a population of 255 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Friendship had a population of 660 people.

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

  • Stokes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
    • Stokes is located in Dyer County
  • Chestnut Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crockett Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maury City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maury City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
    • Maury City is located in Crockett County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
  • Cairo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Crockett County
  • Halls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • RoEllen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for RoEllen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for RoEllen
    • RoEllen is located in Dyer County
  • Fowlkes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tatumville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Gates
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnsons Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Brazil
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Friendship ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Friendship. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Friendship and those printed in the larger area surrounding Friendship.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6> of Friendship.

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 Friendship:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Friendship. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Friendship) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Friendship. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9090, Longitude: -89.2437    









 

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