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 Lacher Ford (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 Lacher Ford. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lacher Ford is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Lauderdale (AL), Decatur, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Lacher Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lacher Ford:
- Wayne County (The home county of Lacher Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Slickrock Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Waynesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ashland Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Collinwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Lutts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Corning ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Cypress Inn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Mount Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jeannette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Johnson Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Swift
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Centerview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Saltillo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Lowryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Belle Meade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sibley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Savannah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Darden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Sardis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Pleasantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Hornertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Aetna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Whitfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Swan Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Humphreys County
- Grandmother Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Henryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Park Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Westpoint
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Flatwoods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Ethridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Webber City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Lawrenceburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Busby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Leoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loretto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Voorhies
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Maury County
- Hampshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Flatwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beardstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Lobelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Pruitton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lacher Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Lacher Ford.
Cemeteries Near Lacher Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lacher Ford.
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 Lacher Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lacher Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Merideth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McDonald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Skelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollabaugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Throgmorton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Choate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (867 more) ...
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lacher Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lacher Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lacher Ford, with the one closest to Lacher Ford listed first.
- Waynesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Nancy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nancy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
- Horner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horner
- Voorhies
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Era ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Houston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Linden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Strathmore ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strathmore is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmore
- Hohenwald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Napier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Olivehill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olivehill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivehill
- Martins Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lacher Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lacher Ford.
Newspapers Published in Lacher Ford ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lacher Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lacher Ford, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lacher Ford.
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 Lacher Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Perry County
- Lauderdale 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 Lacher Ford, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lacher Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |