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 Lake Colonial Estates (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 Lake Colonial Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Lake Colonial Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Colonial Estates: Lk. Colonial Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Lake Colonial Estates 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 Lake Colonial Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Colonial Estates:
- Williamson County (The home county of Lake Colonial Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Arrington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clovercroft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Nolensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- College Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peytonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Brentwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Harpeth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Lynnwood Downs
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Duplex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Longview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Bell Buckle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitaker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Shelbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Pegram
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Bell Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Lillamay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Wrencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Antioch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Oak Hill
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Rural Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Forest Hills
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Nashboro Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Priest Lake Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Berry Hill
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Green Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- White Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spencers Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Hickman County
- Primm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 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 Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Holts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- South Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Carters Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Jameson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Theta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Leftwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(23 miles [37 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
- Philadelphia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Santa Fe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Allisona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Snell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Eagleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Smyrna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morrow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
- Colonial Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Leanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 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 Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Driftwood Park
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Hendersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Rural Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Gladeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Christie
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Mount Juliet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cainsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Beckwith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Leeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Colonial Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Colonial Estates.
Cemeteries Near Lake Colonial Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Colonial Estates.
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 Lake Colonial Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Colonial Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Triune Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Page Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ozburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rivers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ladd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Childress Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCanless Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shannon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKnight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1643 more) ...
- Osborne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tulloss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ladd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Lake Colonial Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Colonial Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Colonial Estates, with the one closest to Lake Colonial Estates listed first.
- Arrington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Triune
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triune is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triune
- Clovercroft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Arno
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arno is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- Nolensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- College Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Almaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Almaville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almaville
- Rocky Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenters is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Wrencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Allisona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Brentwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harpeth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Colonial Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Colonial Estates.
Newspapers Published in Lake Colonial Estates ...
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 Lake Colonial Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Colonial Estates, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Colonial Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lake Colonial Estates:
- 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 Lake Colonial Estates, 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 from Point A (ie- Lake Colonial Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |