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 Jordonia (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 Jordonia. 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.
Jordonia is located in Davidson 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 Davidson County : Cheatham , Robertson , Rutherford , Sumner , Williamson & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Jordonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jordonia:
Davidson County (The home county of Jordonia)
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Morny (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny Nashville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
East Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Greenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Greenville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Nashville - Davidson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Maplewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Joelton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Belle Meade (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Green Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Berry Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
Madison (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Marrowbone (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Bearwallow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Westeria ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Lillamay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Ashland City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Pegram (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Sycamore (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Kingston Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Bell Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Cheap Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Bellsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Bluff (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
White Oak Flat (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Spencers Mill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Charlotte (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stayton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stayton is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton Burns (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Abiff (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Pomona (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Pomona is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Tidwell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Dickson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dunn Chapel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel Woods Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Woods Valley is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Oak Plains (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Fredonia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Southside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Woodford ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Woodford is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Liverworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Liverworth is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth Port Royal (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Port Royal is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Sango (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Sango is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango McAllisters Crossroads (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Crunk (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Hygeia Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Coopertown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Greenbrier (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Sandy Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Flewellyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Oakland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
White House (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Calistia (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Jernigan Town (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Stroudville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Stroudville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville Cedar Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
La Vergne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Morrow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
Jefferson Pike (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Murphree (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Smyrna (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Jamestown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Patterson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Goodlettsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Driftwood Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Millersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Walnut Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cottontown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Gallatin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
New Deal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
New Deal is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Wildwood Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Brentwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Old Town ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Berrys Chapel Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Forest Home (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Lynnwood Downs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
McEwen ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Clovercroft (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Nolensville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairview (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Loriland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Loriland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Lynn Christie (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Mount Juliet (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Rural Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Belinda City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Laguardo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Leeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Gladeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Possum Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jordonia, see our County-by-County Page for Jordonia .
Cemeteries Near Jordonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jordonia.
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 Jordonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jordonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
Hills of Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
Cedar Grove MB Cemetery Bordeaux Gardens Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Temple Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery The Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
Temple Ohabai Sholom Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19274 <2>
St. Cecilia Convent Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Potters Field (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Oakland Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Dukes Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Greenville Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Gower Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nashville City Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Greenwood Cemetery West (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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Mt. Ararat Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Benevolent Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Beech Grove Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Jordonia had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jordonia, with the one closest to Jordonia listed first.
West Nashville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Whites Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Morny (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny Nashville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Watkins ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins East Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Joelton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Maplewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Lickton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Lickton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickton Marrowbone (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Westeria ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Madison (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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Union Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Union Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Ridgepost ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ridgepost is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
Rest ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rest is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jordonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jordonia .
Newspapers Published in Jordonia ...
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 369 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jordonia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jordonia, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Jordonia.
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 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 Jordonia:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Montgomery County Robertson County Rutherford County Sumner County Williamson County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jordonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Jordonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Jordonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.