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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Green River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Green River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Green River, 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 Green River (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 Green River. 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 Green River ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Green River: Green Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green River.
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 southwest 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Green River is historic, it would have been located within present day Wayne 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 Wayne County: Lauderdale (AL), Decatur, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Green River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green River:
- Wayne County (The home county of Green River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Waynesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Slickrock Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corning ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Inn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Dunbar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Mount Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Pleasant Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Decaturville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Johnson Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Lowryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Swift
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Centerview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Belle Meade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Saltillo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Bruton Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Sibley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Hornertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Aetna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Westpoint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Park Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Saint Joseph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Busby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Loretto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Lawrenceburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ethridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Liberty Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Voorhies
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Flatwoods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Colbert County (AL)
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Pruitton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Cloverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Threet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Zip City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Green Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Jacksonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Arnot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Belew ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Bailey Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- McGee Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Arkdell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green River, see our County-by-County Page for Green River.
Cemeteries Near Green River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green River.
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 Green River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Shields Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Collier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bedford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Morrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Risner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Copeland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (824 more) ...
- Talley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Downing - Byler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCall 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.
While we didn't find Green River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Waynesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Victory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Moon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Martins Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
- Lutts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pinkney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinkney is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Westpoint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olivehill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Olivehill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivehill
- Light ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Light is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green River.
Newspapers Published in Green River ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green River, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green River.
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 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 Green River:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Hardin County
- Hickman County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Perry County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale 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 Green River, 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> | 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- Green River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |