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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 Hawthorne (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 Hawthorne. 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 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.

Hawthorne is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Coffee, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore & Rutherford.

Below are the counties that are near Hawthorne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawthorne:

  • Bedford County     (The home county of Hawthorne)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Shelbyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Raus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Raus is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
    • Whitaker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitaker is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
    • Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
    • Willow Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Palmetto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Palmetto is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
      • Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
    • Haley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Haley is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
    • Cascade Hollow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
    • Cortner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cortner is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
    • Normandy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wartrace
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vannatta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Vannatta is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
      • Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
    • Bell Buckle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cannon County
    • Hollow Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
      • Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Homaway Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
    • Tullahoma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Southgate Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
    • Busy Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
    • Belmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Belmont is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Beechgrove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal Oaks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Manchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gossburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gossburg is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
    • New Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • New Union is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Teal is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
    • Forest Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
    • Hillsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Garner Ford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
    • Lexie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lexie is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
    • Winchester Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
    • Estill Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Beans Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
    • Huntland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Winchester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Decherd
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberty is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
    • Greenhaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
    • Cowan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cowan is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <1>
  • Giles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Trigg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Trigg is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
      • Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
    • Frankewing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradshaw ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradshaw is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
    • Pisgah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pisgah is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
    • Wheelerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheelerton is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
    • Lynnville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Powell Chapel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
    • Aymett Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Aymett Town is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
    • Bufords
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bufords is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
    • Olivet
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Booneville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Booneville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
    • Belleville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Belleville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
    • Petersburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gattistown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
    • Elk Mill Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
    • Fayetteville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hughey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hughey is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
    • Clarks Ferry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
    • Boonshill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
    • Harms
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Harms is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
    • Corder Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
    • Pearl City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
    • Molino
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Molino is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Talley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Talley is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
    • Belfast
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Belfast is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
    • Oak Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Orrs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Orrs is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
      • Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
    • Delina
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Delina is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
    • Yell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Yell is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
    • Cochran
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cochran is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
    • Lewisburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Verona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Verona is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Anes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Anes is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
    • Cornersville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • New Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Chapel Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Maury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Leftwich
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Leftwich is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
    • Philadelphia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Philadelphia is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
      • Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
    • Scribner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Scribner is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
    • Culleoka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Countyline
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Countyline is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
    • Lynchburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgeville is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Rutherford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Midland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Midland is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
    • Plainview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Plainview is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Concord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Eagleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rucker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rucker is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
    • Burns Place
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
    • Allisona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Allisona is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
  • Williamson County
  • Jackson County (AL)
    • Francisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
  • Madison County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
    • Key's Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
    • Hazel Green
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Elkwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawthorne, see our County-by-County Page for Hawthorne.

Cemeteries Near Hawthorne ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawthorne.

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 Hawthorne - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawthorne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hawthorne had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.

  • Chestnut Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Pleasant Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Flat Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Booneville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Booneville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
  • Branchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Branchville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Belleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Belleville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
  • Bedford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bedford is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
  • Petersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Countyline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Countyline is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
  • Singleton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Singleton is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
  • Shelbyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lynchburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wheel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheel is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
    • Talley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Talley is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
    • Howell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Howell is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawthorne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawthorne.

Newspapers Published in Hawthorne ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawthorne.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne.

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 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 Hawthorne:

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>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.
<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 Hawthorne, 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' (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- Hawthorne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.