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 Gilchrist (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 Gilchrist. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Gilchrist is located in McNairy 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 McNairy County: Alcorn (MS), Chester, Hardeman & Hardin.
Below are the counties that are near Gilchrist. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gilchrist:
- McNairy County (The home county of Gilchrist)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stantonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Purdy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Leapwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Selmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Michie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Eastview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Bethel Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Guys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ramer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Enville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Milledgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sweet Lips
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Masseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Jacks Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Henderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Mifflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Deanburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Scotts Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Hornsby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Essary Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Teague
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Shandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hamburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Belle Meade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Sibley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Nash Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pyburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Sardis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middle Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Pinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parkburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Medon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Lutts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Allentown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Biggersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Kossuth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Hightown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Jacinto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Short
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Iuka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gilchrist, see our County-by-County Page for Gilchrist.
Cemeteries Near Gilchrist ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilchrist.
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 Gilchrist - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gilchrist covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gilchrist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meeks Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McKenzie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McWhirter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Adamsville War Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pounds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (676 more) ...
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ledbetter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Churchwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Gilchrist in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gilchrist.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gilchrist, with the one closest to Gilchrist listed first.
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stantonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Pittsburg Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Purdy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Selmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Morris Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Chapel is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Chapel
- Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Caffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Michie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hamburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Savannah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gilchrist. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilchrist.
Newspapers Published in Gilchrist ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilchrist.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilchrist, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gilchrist.
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 helpful 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 Gilchrist:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McNairy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Gilchrist, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Gilchrist) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |