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 Hooker Hills (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 Hooker Hills. 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.
Hooker Hills is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Marshall, Maury & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Hooker Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hooker Hills:
- Williamson County (The home county of Hooker Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Clovercroft
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Nolensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Lynnwood Downs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs
- Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peytonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Parry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Berrys Chapel Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
- Wildwood Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
- College Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Longview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Palmetto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Pegram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Kingston Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Marrowbone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Bell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Lillamay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Bearwallow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Westeria ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westeria is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria
- Ashland City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Wrencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Whispering Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Oak Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Paragon Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Antioch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Rural Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Green Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
- Nashboro Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Berry Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Berry Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Dog Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Priest Lake Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Belle Meade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- White Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spencers Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Hickman County
- Primm Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Holts Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- South Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- New Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jameson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Theta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Carters Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- New Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Fly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Hill Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Leftwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- New Flys Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Santa Fe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Patterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- La Vergne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Pike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
- Morrow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
- Allisona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Snell ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Eagleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Leanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Murphree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
- Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Driftwood Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Goodlettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hendersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Rural Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Lynn Christie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Belinda City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Gladeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Juliet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Leeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Cainsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Doaks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Laguardo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hooker Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Hooker Hills.
Cemeteries Near Hooker Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hooker Hills.
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 Hooker Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hooker Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Herbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Osborne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McKnight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shannon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nolen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett - Gleaves Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1532 more) ...
- Nolen - Hyde Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ladd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Hooker Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hooker Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hooker Hills, with the one closest to Hooker Hills listed first.
- Clovercroft
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenters is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Arrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nolensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Callender ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Callender is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Wrencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peytonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Triune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triune is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triune
- Oglesby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oglesby is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
- Arno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Arno is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grassland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grassland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Rocky Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Southall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hooker Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hooker Hills.
Newspapers Published in Hooker Hills ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooker Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hooker Hills, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hooker Hills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hooker Hills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Hickman County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Rutherford County
- Sumner County
- Wilson 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 Hooker Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hooker Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |