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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gileston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gileston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gileston, please Contact Us.
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 Gileston (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 Gileston. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gileston is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Gileston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gileston:
- Giles County (The home county of Gileston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Lynnville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bufords
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Campbellsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Wales
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Powell Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Trigg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Liberty Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weakley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Palmetto
(21 miles [33.8 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 east)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Unionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman County
- Duck River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Webber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- New Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Ethridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fall River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lawrenceburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwoods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Park Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Henryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Leoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Busby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Liberty Grove
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Boonshill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dellrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Pearl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Harms
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Cash Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Molino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Camargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Elk Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Cornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Globe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Cochran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Yell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- South Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Orrs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Delina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Belfast
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Culleoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Screamer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Scribner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Scotts Mill
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Philadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Frierson Town
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duplex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Burwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Thompson's Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <2>
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Lester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Pettusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Ardmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Elkmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gileston, see our County-by-County Page for Gileston.
Cemeteries Near Gileston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gileston.
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 Gileston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gileston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Briggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lynnwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Daught Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Waco Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dodson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grigg Family Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1491 more) ...
- Carpenter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mars Mausoleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Everbright 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.
While we didn't find Gileston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gileston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gileston, with the one closest to Gileston listed first.
- Lynnville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bufords
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Bivens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bivens is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivens
- Stiversville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stiversville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiversville
- Odd Fellows Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Hall is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Hall
- Campbellsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Yokley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yokley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokley
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Wales
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Brick Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brick Church is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Culleoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sumac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumac is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Cornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gileston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gileston.
Newspapers Published in Gileston ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gileston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gileston, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gileston.
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 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 Gileston:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Hickman County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Williamson County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Gileston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gileston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |