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 Graball (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 Graball. 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.
Graball is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury, Rutherford & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Graball. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Graball:
- Marshall County (The home county of Graball)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- New Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Cornersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cochran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Talley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belfast
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Globe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- South Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Whitaker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Raus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Longview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Willow Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Garner Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Trigg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Frankewing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Powell Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Lynnville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Bufords
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Pulaski
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Gordon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- New Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Fall River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Webber City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Ethridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hughey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Dellrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Pearl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Belleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Molino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Coldwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Elk Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Culleoka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Leftwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Southport
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Screamer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Scotts Mill
(23 miles [37 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
- Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Frierson Town
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Lynchburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Williamson County
- Duplex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Ardmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Pettusville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Caro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Elkmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Lester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Elkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Graball, see our County-by-County Page for Graball.
Cemeteries Near Graball ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Graball.
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 Graball - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Graball covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Horton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arthur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hobby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cathey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bradford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1706 more) ...
- Roden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sumner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Graball in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Graball.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Graball, with the one closest to Graball listed first.
- Ostella
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Diana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Archer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Brick Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brick Church is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Boonshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Talley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Cochran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Sumac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumac is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blakeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Odd Fellows Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Hall is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Hall
- Hughey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Graball. See our List of 1890's Communities around Graball.
Newspapers Published in Graball ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Graball.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Graball, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Graball.
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 Graball:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Williamson County
- Limestone 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 Graball, 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- Graball) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |