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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Holmansville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holmansville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holmansville, 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 Holmansville (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 Holmansville. 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 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 Holmansville is historic, it would have been located within present day Robertson 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 Robertson County: Logan (KY), Simpson (KY), Todd (KY), Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery & Sumner.
Below are the counties that are near Holmansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holmansville:
- Robertson County (The home county of Holmansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Stroudville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flewellyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flewellyn is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn
- Sandy Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Coopertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Barren Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barren Plain is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Plain
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crunk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crunk is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Greenbrier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Hygeia Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Henrietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Lockertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Cheap Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Sycamore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Neptune
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Bearwallow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Westeria ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westeria is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria
- Ashland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Marrowbone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Lillamay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Addie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Addie is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Joelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Morny
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Morny is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Ridgetop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgetop is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Rayon City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rayon City is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City
- East Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Nashville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Bellsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bellsburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg
- Stayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Dunn Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- White Oak Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Woods Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Slayden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Charlotte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vanleer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Port Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Oak Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Sango
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Swan Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Saint Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wingate West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Southside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Liverworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Louise Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Millersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Goodlettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Johnsons Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads
- Shackle Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shackle Island is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
- Hall Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- New Deal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
- Cottontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Ocana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ocana is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
- Driftwood Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Hendersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Oak Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garrettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Howel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Herndon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Logan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Keysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Olmstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Adairville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ferguson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Cave Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Schochoh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Gordonsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Justice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Simpson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Prices Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Neosheo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Black Jack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Todd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Hadensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Guthrie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Trenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sharon Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Allegre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allegre is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holmansville, see our County-by-County Page for Holmansville.
Cemeteries Near Holmansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holmansville.
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 Holmansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holmansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Connell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gossett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacobs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Polk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Farmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shepard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Luter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (785 more) ...
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sherrod Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.
Holmansville 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 Holmansville, with the one closest to Holmansville listed first.
- Turnersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Woodford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Forts ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forts is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forts
- Thomasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thomasville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Kinneys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kinneys is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneys
- Sango
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Coopertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Keysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Rossview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rossview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossview
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Henrietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holmansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmansville.
Newspapers Published in Holmansville ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holmansville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holmansville.
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 Holmansville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Robertson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Montgomery County
- Sumner County
- Christian County
- Logan County
- Simpson County
- Todd 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 Holmansville, 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Holmansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |