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 Hixon (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 Hixon. 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.
Hixon is located in Grundy 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 Grundy County: Coffee, Franklin, Marion, Sequatchie & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Hixon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hixon:
- Grundy County (The home county of Hixon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Altamont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Coalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gruetli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sartain Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Tracy City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lankford Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Monteagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Palmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Raus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Wartrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Brockdell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bluewing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Burgen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Bradyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Winton Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Stephenson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruthledge Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Forest Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- New Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Naola ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Busy Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- DeKalb County
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Sand Switch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Estill Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Decherd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Greentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Condra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Whitwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Powells Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Orme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- South Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moore County
- Ridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Cartwright
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Dunlap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Center Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Chalybeate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Laurelburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Bone Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shellsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Trousdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Gath
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- White County
- Quebeck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hixon, see our County-by-County Page for Hixon.
Cemeteries Near Hixon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hixon.
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 Hixon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hixon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Airview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnny Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wooten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fultz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Altamont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fults Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northcutts Cove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (734 more) ...
- Henry Cove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wagner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hixon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hixon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hixon, with the one closest to Hixon listed first.
- Altamont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beersheba Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gruetli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Hanlan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanlan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlan
- Tarlton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tarlton is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarlton
- Steppsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steppsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppsville
- Pelham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vervilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vervilla is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vervilla
- Irving College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Irving College is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving College
- Prairie Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Safley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Safley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safley
- Summitville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hixon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hixon.
Newspapers Published in Hixon ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hixon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hixon, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hixon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hixon:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Grundy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Bledsoe County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- DeKalb County
- Franklin County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- White 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> | 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 Hixon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hixon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |