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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hillis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hillis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hillis, 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 Hillis (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 Hillis. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Hillis is historic, it would have been located within present day Warren 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 Warren County: Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Hillis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hillis:
- Warren County (The home county of Hillis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Campaign
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Fall City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Shellsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Dibrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Daylight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Lucky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Brockdell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Pikeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winesap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Summer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Bluewing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Gassaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burgen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Hollow Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Auburntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Bradyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Naola ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Winton Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Forest Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Stephenson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Teal ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Newton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Todd Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Erasmus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Lantana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Young Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
- Johnsons Chapel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel
- Philippi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Smithville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Dowelltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Temperance Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Beersheba Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Altamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gruetli - Laager
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gruetli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Palmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coalmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Marion County
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Boiling Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Burton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Burgess
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burgess is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Ditty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ditty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty
- Huntland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland
- Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
- Burnett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Boma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boma is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boma
- Southtown Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Baxter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cookeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Dunlap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Laurelburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Bone Cave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cummingsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Sweetgum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Chalybeate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Quebeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Doyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Darkey Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Drop ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Peeled Chestnut
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fanchers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Macedonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Cherry Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Clarktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Cottage Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
- Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
- Round Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hillis, see our County-by-County Page for Hillis.
Cemeteries Near Hillis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillis.
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 Hillis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hillis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Eureka Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crain Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Rocky Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Drake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Campaign Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Creek Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Champaign Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (517 more) ...
- McGregor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Hillis itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hillis, with the one closest to Hillis listed first.
- Goodbars
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Goodbars is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
- Laurelburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Caneridge ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caneridge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caneridge
- Bone Cave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Rowland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Rock Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walling
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shellsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Quebeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jessie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jessie is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McMinnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sparkman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sparkman is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hillis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hillis.
Newspapers Published in Hillis ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillis, 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 Hillis.
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 helpful 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 Hillis:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Cumberland County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- White County
- Wilson 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 Hillis, 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- Hillis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |