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 Geedville (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 Geedville. 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.
Geedville is located in Cannon 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 Cannon County: Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Geedville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Geedville:
- Cannon County (The home county of Geedville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Bluewing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Hollow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Burt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bradyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Gassaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Auburntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Bell Buckle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Cortner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Normandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Vannatta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Raus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Longview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Naola ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Teal ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Gossburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- New Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Forest Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Beechgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Busy Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Winton Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Royal Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Smithville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dowelltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Young Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
- Philippi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Alexandria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Temperance Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Johnsons Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Altamont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beersheba Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Pelham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coalmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gruetli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Readyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Burns Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Dillton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rucker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Compton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Fairfield Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Murfreesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Walter Hill Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Brush Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Bone Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Laurelburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Chalybeate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Centertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Trousdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Morrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daylight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Lucky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- McMinnville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Dibrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shellsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Drop ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Quebeck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peeled Chestnut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
- Darkey Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Doyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Fanchers Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Cottage Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
- Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
- Round Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Statesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Cainsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Watertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Commerce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Doaks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Geedville, see our County-by-County Page for Geedville.
Cemeteries Near Geedville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geedville.
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 Geedville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Geedville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Tolbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Talbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lorance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smithson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove / Barren Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fuston / McGee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smithson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mears Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Midway Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1110 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northwest of Morrison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14703 <3>
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Geedville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Geedville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Geedville, with the one closest to Geedville listed first.
- Clearmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clearmont is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearmont
- Naola ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Devenport ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Devenport is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devenport
- Leoni
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leoni is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Trousdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- New ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
- Hollow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Holly ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holly is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bradyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Daylight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Talome ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Talome is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talome
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Geedville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geedville.
Newspapers Published in Geedville ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geedville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Geedville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Geedville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Geedville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cannon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Rutherford County
- Smith County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- White County
- Wilson 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- Geedville) 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 Geedville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |