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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hensley Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hensley Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hensley Ridge, 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 Hensley Ridge (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 Hensley Ridge. 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 Hensley Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hensley Ridge: Hensley Rdg. (or less commonly used: Hensley Rdge. or Hensley Ridg.)
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hensley Ridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Lauderdale (AL), Giles, Lewis, Maury & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Hensley Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hensley Ridge:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Hensley Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Westpoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Loretto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Busby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Saint Joseph
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rascal Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Liberty Grove
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Leoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Lawrenceburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwoods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Park Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Fall River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Minor Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Weakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Anthony Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Liberty Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Stella
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Green Field
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Wales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Campbellsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Voorhies
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Screamer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Collinwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Cypress Inn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Waynesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Lutts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Slickrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Ford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Wilson Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Davidsons Cross Roads is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Cross Roads
- Nitrate City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- South Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Muscle Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tuscumbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Belew ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Green Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Pruitton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Comer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Arnot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Zip City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Bailey Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Corum ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Bethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Town Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Lester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Poplar Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hensley Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Hensley Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Hensley Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hensley Ridge.
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 Hensley Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hensley Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Hensley Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Belew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Neal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clack Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chinubee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Loretto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loretto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Restview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old West Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (823 more) ...
- Blair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Hensley Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hensley Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hensley Ridge, with the one closest to Hensley Ridge listed first.
- Westpoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Loretto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Busby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Knob Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Pinkney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkney is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Saint Joseph
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wayland Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Springs
- Pleasant Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Light ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Light is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Belew ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Moon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Green Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Pruitton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hensley Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hensley Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Hensley Ridge ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hensley Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hensley Ridge, 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 Hensley Ridge.
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 Hensley Ridge:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Giles County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone 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 Hensley Ridge, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hensley Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |