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 Lakeview (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 Lakeview. 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 Lakeview ...
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.
Another variation: Lake View.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakeview. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeview.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Lakeview is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Lakeview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeview:
- Franklin County (The home county of Lakeview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Sal City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Cowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beans Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Greenhaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Sewanee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Switch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Winchester Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Bedford County
- Raus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Ruthledge Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Southgate Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Stephenson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Tullahoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Monteagle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lankford Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Sartain Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Tracy City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Coalmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Flintville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Gattistown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Corder Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Howell Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Booneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Clarks Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Park City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Orme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Richard City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- Comfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- South Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kimball
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Vulcan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Whiteside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Ridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Beaty Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Cartersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Ider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Estillfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Francisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Rash
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rash is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Baileytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Skyline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Haynes Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossing is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossing
- Stevenson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Key's Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Brownsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Cole City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Stewart Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeview, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeview.
Cemeteries Near Lakeview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview.
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 Lakeview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Rice Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Presley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Round Cove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Posey Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Posey Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Champion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (957 more) ...
- Keith Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Lakeview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakeview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Sherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Cowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kirby Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirby Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Estillfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belvidere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Francisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Decherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beans Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Sewanee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeview.
Newspapers Published in Lakeview ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview.
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 Lakeview:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Dade 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 Lakeview, 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' (or 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- Lakeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |