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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 Hico (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 Hico. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Hico is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison & Weakley.

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

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Hico)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico listed first.
    • Sandy Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Crossroads is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
    • Camden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Big Sandy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaseville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildlife Cove Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Coxburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brevards Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
    • Faxon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico listed first.
    • Whitway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ledbetter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
    • Union Central
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Central is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
    • Bradford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Milan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Graball
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Graball is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
    • Concord
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Four Points
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Sitka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goat City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Goat City is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
    • Gibson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Medina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Trenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico listed first.
    • McHaney ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • McHaney is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
    • Parkers Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Farmville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Farmville is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Union Cross
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Union Cross is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
    • Atkins ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Atkins is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
    • Poplar Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Lexington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Henry County
  • Humphreys County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico listed first.
    • New Johnsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hustburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Madison County
  • Obion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico listed first.
    • McConnell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Weakley County
  • Calloway County (KY)
  • Graves County (KY)
    • Bell City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City

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

Cemeteries Near Hico ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hico.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hico, with the one closest to Hico 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 in 1895, Hico had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • McKenzie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Huntingdon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McLemoresville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosser
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosser is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosser
  • Carnsville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Carnsville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
  • Christmasville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Christmasville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmasville
  • Trezevant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mixie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mixie is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
  • Haglerville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Haglerville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
  • Leach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Leach is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
  • Pillowville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pillowville is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
  • Gleason
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Hico ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hico.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hico, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hico.

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 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 Hico:

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 Hico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.