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 Hilltop (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 Hilltop. 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 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.
Hilltop is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Calloway (KY), Graves (KY), Benton, Carroll, Stewart & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Hilltop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hilltop:
- Henry County (The home county of Hilltop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Whitlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Paris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- India
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Puryear
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Conyersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Spring Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Big Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Faxon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Brevards Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- McKenzie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Bruceton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hollow Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- McLemoresville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Trezevant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- McKinnon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Halls Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- New Johnsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Obion County
- McConnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Snider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Tumbling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Gleason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pillowville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Latham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Ralston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Harris Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- New Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murray
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Almo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Bell City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Lynnville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Tri City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Sedalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County (KY)
- Hardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hilltop, see our County-by-County Page for Hilltop.
Cemeteries Near Hilltop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilltop.
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 Hilltop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hilltop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- McCuthen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Palmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bruce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bruce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mathis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Henry County Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dobbins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Continue List (1092 more) ...
- Travis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leeper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crutchfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Hilltop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hilltop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Paris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whitlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Osage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Osage is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- India
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Porters ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Puryear
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Conyersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Como is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Elkhorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mansfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mansfield is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Manleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hilltop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hilltop.
Newspapers Published in Hilltop ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilltop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilltop, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilltop.
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 Hilltop:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Obion County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Graves County
- Marshall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Hilltop, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hilltop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |