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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 Grays Crossing (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 Grays Crossing. 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.
Name Variations for Grays Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Grays Crossing: Grays Xing.
- While the name of this community is Grays Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Crossing may originally have been Gray's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Crossing might be written as Gray Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grays Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grays Crossing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Grays Crossing is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Benton, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Grays Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Crossing:
- Houston County (The home county of Grays Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Tennessee Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Omega ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Faxon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Big Sandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brevards Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wildlife Cove Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Henrietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Neptune
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Slayden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Vanleer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dunn Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Tennessee City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Stayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Charlotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dickson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- White Oak Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Oak Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Manleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spring Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- India
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Whitehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Salt Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Halls Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- McEwen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bethpage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Plant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hurricane Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Johnsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Bakerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Oakridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Dotsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Louise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McAllisters Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Liverworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Louise Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Southside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stryker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Wingate West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Swan Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Cumberland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Indian Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Legate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Snider
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- New Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- LaFayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bennettstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Garrettsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Howel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Herndon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grays Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Grays Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Grays Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays Crossing.
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 Grays Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grays Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Beecham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McMillian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burcham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alsup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- French Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (934 more) ...
- Erin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Grays Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grays Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grays Crossing, with the one closest to Grays Crossing listed first.
- Tennessee Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Erin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stewart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woolworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Cumberland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Yellow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Danville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Indian Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stribling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stribling is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling
- Omega ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Needmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grays Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grays Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Grays Crossing ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Crossing, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Grays Crossing:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart County
- Calloway County
- Christian County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grays Crossing, 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- Grays Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |