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 Garner Ford (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 Garner Ford. 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 doctors 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.
Garner Ford is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Garner Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garner Ford:
- Franklin County (The home county of Garner Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Lexie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Winchester Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Beans Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Sal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Raus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitaker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Bell Buckle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Tullahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Homaway Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Ruthledge Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Royal Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Stephenson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Forest Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- New Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Pelham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Gattistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Flintville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Corder Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Clarks Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Howell Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Belleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Elk Mill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Marion County
- Orme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Talley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Delina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Belfast
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Yell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Francisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Estillfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Baileytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Hollytree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Skyline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Hazel Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Elkwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Meridianville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Ryland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Country Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Madison Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garner Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Garner Ford.
Cemeteries Near Garner Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garner Ford.
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 Garner Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garner Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Bean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Travis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vanzant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vanzant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kitchens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Travis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Limbaugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tipps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (1397 more) ...
- Hawkersmith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moorehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Garner Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garner Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garner Ford, with the one closest to Garner Ford listed first.
- Lexie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Smithland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Maxwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Countyline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Mulberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kelso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garner Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garner Ford.
Newspapers Published in Garner Ford ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garner Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garner Ford, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garner Ford.
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 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 Garner Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Jackson 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> | 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 Garner Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Garner Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |