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 Glen (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 Glen. 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 and 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.
Glen is located in Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen:
- Coffee County (The home county of Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Stephenson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Ruthledge Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winton Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Forest Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Southgate Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Tullahoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Raus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Wartrace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Bluewing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bradyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Sand Switch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Saint Marys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Decherd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Estill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Garner Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Pelham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monteagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Altamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Tracy City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Gruetli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- White City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Gruetli - Laager
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Palmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- Gattistown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Orme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Whitwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Condra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Powells Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- South Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Ridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Cartwright
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Dunlap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Center Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Chalybeate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shellsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Centertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Gath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Long Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Glen.
Cemeteries Near Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen.
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 Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Layne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Womack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sissom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crockett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sheid Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buckner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lambert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (893 more) ...
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nevill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Glen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Prairie Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Pelham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Monteagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sewanee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Decherd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Summitville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summitville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen.
Newspapers Published in Glen ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen, 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 Glen.
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 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 Glen:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Jackson 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 Glen, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |