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 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 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.
Friendship is located in Giles 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 Giles County: Limestone (AL), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall & Maury.
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:
- Giles County (The home county of Friendship)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Pisgah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Powell Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Frankewing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aymett Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Trigg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Bufords
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Wales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Green Field
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Palmetto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Whitaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Fall River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Ethridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Webber City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Lawrenceburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Leoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Park Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Liberty Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Busby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Henryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Boonshill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Dellrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Coldwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Pearl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Harms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cash Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Molino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Camargo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Belleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Elk Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Cornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Globe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Cochran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Talley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Lewisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belfast
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- South Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Culleoka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scribner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Southport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Screamer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Philadelphia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Scotts Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Leftwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Frierson Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Graymere Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Moore County
- Lynchburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Ardmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Pettusville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Caro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Elkmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Hay's Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Center Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Cairo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Elkwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Key's Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
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.
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 Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- Brown & Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Samuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McNeese Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Worley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Abernathy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1429 more) ...
- Oliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Houze 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 Friendship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Friendship.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Sumac
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sumac is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Pisgah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Brick Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brick Church is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Diana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Odd Fellows Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Hall is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Hall
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Harwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harwell is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwell
- Bryson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bryson is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Boonshill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ostella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Cornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bufords
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
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 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendship, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendship.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Friendship:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Friendship) 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 Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |